DEGEO - Departamento de Geologia
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Item Using detrital zircon and rutile to constrain sedimentary provenance of Early Paleozoic fluvial systems of the Araripe Basin, Western Gondwana.(2022) Cerri, Rodrigo Irineu; Warren, Lucas Veríssimo; Spencer, Christopher J.; Varejão, Filipe Giovanini; Promenzio, Paloma; Luvizotto, George Luiz; Assine, Mario LuisThe Early Paleozoic of the NE Brazilian sedimentary basins are key to understanding the primeval depositional environments and paleogeography of Western Gondwana after its final assembly. In this context, determining the sedimentary provenance of the Early Paleozoic Cariri Formation (basal unit of the Araripe Basin) may improve paleogeographic reconstructions and stratigraphic correlations. Despite the Araripe Basin being one of the best-studied interior basins of northeastern Brazil, the Cariri Formation lacks detailed geochronological and sedimentary provenance analyses, which hamper precise definitions of its depositional age, sedimentary source areas and paleogeography. Considering this scenario, we performed a combined multiproxy approach, including sedimentologic and stratigraphic analysis, detrital zircon U–Pb dating and provenance studies based on trace elements in detrital rutile. The maximum depositional age for the Cariri Formation suggests that its sedimentation started after the Late Cambrian. Detrital zircon ages and detrital rutile provenance indicate that the primary source areas for the Cariri Formation fluvial system were the orogenic terranes related to the Brasiliano Orogeny, located at the SE of the Borborema Province (e.g., Sergipano Belt), with secondary, but also important, the contribution of Cambrian sources. Records of this event are also found in northern Africa, where units related to the Neoproterozoic East African-Antarctic and Pan African orogens provided sediments for basin-scale fluvial systems.Item Evaluation of distinct soft-sediment deformation triggers in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems : lessons from the Brazilian Pre-Salt analogue Crato Formation (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil).(2022) Varejão, Filipe Giovanini; Warren, Lucas Veríssimo; Simões, Marcello Guimarães; Cerri, Rodrigo Irineu; Alessandretti, Luciano; Santos, Mauricio Guerreiro Martinho dos; Assine, Mario LuisSoft-sediment deformation structures (SSDSs) are ubiquitous in several depositional sedimentary environments and can be triggered by autogenic- and allogenic-related mechanisms. SSDSs identification in the geological record is more frequent in siliciclastic deposits, from which the most accepted models were developed. Given the fact that carbonate rocks have rapid diagenesis, which results in changes in the rheological behavior of defor- mational processes in short time, these are excellent facies for exploring past deformational mechanisms in a given sedimentary basin. Here, we describe distinct SSDSs developed in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic successions deposited in an Early Cretaceous lacustrine depositional system (carbonate-dominated) subjected to recurrent epicontinental marine ingressions (siliciclastic-dominated). Deformation occur in some siliciclastic intervals but it is more common in carbonate beds. Facies associations analysis combined with detailed outcrop description of the SSDSs allowed the recognition of seismic- and non-seismic-generated structures. Two km-scale, laterally continuous carbonate beds, characterized by deformation-bearing horizons, are interpreted to be the result of seismic shocks. Conversely, most of the recognized SSDSs cannot be confidentially interpreted as seismites. Autogenic triggers and criteria for accessing the origin of deformation mechanisms in both carbonate- and siliciclastic-dominated settings are alternatively proposed. Assessing such criteria is fundamental for differ- entiatte the timing and range of deformation and are here discussed in the context of the offshore petroleum reservoirs in the Brazilian Pre-Salt successions, where lacustrine carbonates were probably subjected to a similiar superposition of syn-sedimentary seismicity and later events of salt-tectonics and hydrotermalism.Item So close and yet so far : U–Pb geochronological constraints of the Jaibaras Rift Basin and the intracratonic Parnaíba Basin in SW Gondwana.(2021) Cerri, Rodrigo Irineu; Warren, Lucas Veríssimo; Varejão, Filipe Giovanini; Silva, Alex Joaquim Choupina Andrade; Lana, Cristiano de Carvalho; Assine, Mario LuisSeveral sag-type basins apparently developed from rift systems, but there is no consensus about how and if these grabens influenced the sedimentation of the post-rift thermal subsidence phase. The Ediacaran Jaibaras Rift Basin is one of the best-exposed sedimentary records among the NE Brazil late Precambrian – early Cambrian rift system, cropping out at the eastern margin of the intracratonic Parnaíba Basin and extending below it towards the west. Here we present detrital zircon U–Pb ages of rocks from the Jaibaras (Aprazível Formation) and Parnaíba (Ipu Formation) basins, in order to understand the provenance patterns, maximum depositional ages (MDA) and age relationship between these units. The MDA for the Aprazível Formation (c. 499 ± 5 Ma) indicates a Cambrian age for the upper part of the Jaibaras Basin. The bulk U–Pb data indicate that the Ipu Formation started to deposit during late Cambrian and/or Early Ordovician time, despite its MDA (c. 528 ± 11 Ma) being older than that of the Aprazível Formation. Detrital zircon provenance suggests that the primary source areas for the early deposits of the Parnaíba Basin were mountains related to the Brasiliano Orogeny to the south and SE (e.g. Rio Preto and Riacho do Pontal metamorphic belts). Finally, our data emphasize the key change in source areas from the rift to the initial deposition of the intracratonic phase, indicating major depositional style changes between both basins after the Gondwana assembly.Item Unraveling the origin of the Parnaíba Basin : testing the rift to sag hypothesis using a multi-proxy provenance analysis.(2020) Cerri, Rodrigo Irineu; Warren, Lucas Veríssimo; Varejão, Filipe Giovanini; Marconato, André; Luvizotto, George Luiz; Assine, Mario LuisSyneclises are long-lived sedimentary basins characterized by complex subsidence and erosion histories. The premise that these geotectonic units evolve from initial rifting processes following thermal (or flexural) subsidence is widespread in the geologic sciences and, to this day, remains a controversial issue. Seeking to test this hypothesis, we proceeded a novel multi-proxy provenance study aiming to identify differences (and/or similarities) in the sedimentary signal and source areas of the Jaibaras (rift) and Parnaíba (sag) basins. We conducted a detailed analysis of trace elements geochemistry of detrital rutile grains, macroscopic gravel composition and paleocurrents from the sedimentary deposits of the Aprazível Formation (Ediacaran - Cambrian, top of Jaibaras Basin) and the Ipu Formation (Ordovician, basal unit of Parnaíba Basin). Our data reveal that important changes in source areas occurred between the end of the rifting and the beginning of the sag phase, reinforcing the hypothesis that the evolution of the Jaibaras and Parnaíba basins were not genetically related. Our results demonstrate that conglomerates of the rift sequence are predominantly composed of volcanic, sedimentary, and metamorphic angular to sub-angular clasts, pointing to diverse, nearby source areas. Contrastingly, conglomerates of the initial sag sequence have greater sedimentary maturity, with dominant rounded vein quartz clasts and other minor source contributions, which suggest distant source areas, showing a consistent paleocurrent direction towards NW. Indeed, the detrital rutile trace elements geochemistry demonstrates that the source areas of these two units were distinct, revealing an important decrease in the input of granulite facies and metamafic grains in the sag basin comparing with the rift succession. In conclusion, as well as paleomagnetic and geochronological studies, the provenance methods using a multi-proxy approach proved to be an effective and powerful technique for distinguishing modifications in the sedimentary signal between rift-to-sag sequences.