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Item Unravelling the protracted U-Pb zircon geochronological record of high to ultrahigh temperature metamorphic rocks : Implications for provenance investigations.(2023) Tedeschi, Mahyra; Vieira, Pedro Leonardo Rossi; Amaral, Matheus Henrique Kuchenbecker do; Ribeiro, Bruno Vieira; Barrote, Vitor Rodrigues; Reis, Humberto Luis Siqueira; Stutenbecker, Laura; Lana, Cristiano de Carvalho; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Dussin, Ivo AntonioThe assessment of detrital zircon age records is a key method in basin analysis, but it is prone to several biases that may compromise accurate sedimentary provenance investigations. High to ultrahigh temperature (HT-UHT) metamorphism (especially if T > 850 °C) is herein presented as a natural cause of bias in provenance studies based on U-Pb detrital zircon ages, since zircon from rocks submitted to these extreme and often prolonged conditions frequently yield protracted, apparently concordant, geochronological records. Such age spreading can result from disturbance of the primary U-Pb zircon system, likewise from (re)crystallization processes during multiple and/or prolonged metamorphic events. In this contribution, available geochronological data on Archean, Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic HT-UHT metamorphic rocks, acquired by different techniques (SIMS and LA-ICP-MS) and showing distinct compositions, are reassessed to demonstrate HT-UHT metamorphism may result in modes and age distributions of unclear geological meaning. As a consequence, it may induce misinterpretations on U-Pb detrital zircon provenance analyses, particularly in sedimentary rocks metamorphosed under such extreme temperature conditions. To evaluate the presence of HT-UHT metamorphism-related bias in the detrital zircon record, we suggest a workflow for data acquisition and interpretation, combining a multi-proxy approach with: (i) in situ U-Pb dating coupled with Hf analyses to retrieve the isotopic composition of the sources, and (ii) the integration of a petrochronological investigation to typify fingerprints of the HT-UHT metamorphic event. The proposed workflow is validated in the investigation of one theoretical and one natural example allowing a better characterization of the sedimentary sources, maximum depositional ages, and the tectonic setting of the basin. Our workflow allows to the appraisal of biases imposed by HT-UHT metamorphism and resulting disturbances in the U-Pb detrital zircon record, particularly for sedimentary rocks that underwent HT-UHT metamorphism and, finally, suggests ways to overcome these issues.Item Magmatic diversity in continental rifts : a case study on the Early Tonian, plutono-volcanic Salto da Divisa Complex, Araçuaí Orogen, Eastern Brazil.(2022) Victoria, Anderson Magalhães; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Cruz, Simone Cerqueira Pereira; Lana, Cristiano de Carvalho; Dantas, Elton Luiz; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Borges, RamonExposures from plutonic roots to volcanic roofs in deeply eroded regions may disclose the architecture and igneous processes in ancient metamagmatic edifices, like it is the Early Tonian Salto da Divisa Complex (SADICO) of Eastern Brazil. Field, petrographic, lithochemical and isotopic (in-zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf, and whole-rock Sm-Nd) studies were conducted on the SADICO, an anorogenic plutono-volcanic complex located in the northeast Araçuaí orogen. The SADICO magmatic record comprises (with U-Pb crystallization ages, and isotopic Hf and Nd data): i) pyroxenite (εNd(t): +2.2 to −5.3; Nd TDM: 1.2–1.7 Ga); ii) mafic-intermediate dykes (εNd(t):+2.1 to −5.9; Nd TDM: 1.2–1.8 Ga) and enclaves with OIB-like signature; ii) ferroan, A-type granitoid with mafic-felsic mingling-mixing features (885 ± 9 Ma; εHf(t): −5 to −7, Hf TDM: 2.0–2.1 Ga; εNd(t): −3.2 to −4.3, Nd TDM: 1.5–1.7 Ga); iii) fluorite-bearing, metaluminous to peraluminous, ferroan A-type granites, including biotite-amphibole granite (915 to 875 Ma; εNd(t): −2.8 to −5.8, Nd TDM: 1.6–1.9 Ga), biotite granite (894 ± 10, εHf(t): −4 to −11, Hf TDM: 1.9–2.3 Ga; εNd(t): −1.6 to −8.0, Nd TDM: 1.4–2.2 Ga), and amazonite-bearing two-mica granite (εNd(t): −4.0; Nd TDM: 1.7 Ga); iv) rhyolite (905 ± 24 Ma; εHf(t): −1 to −8.7, Hf TDM: 1.8–2.2 Ga; εNd(t): +3.1, Nd TDM: 1.1 Ga) and subvolcanic silica-undersaturated trachyte (912 ± 13 Ma, εHf(t): −14 to −18, Hf TDM: 2.5–2.7 Ga; εNd(t): +0.3, Nd TDM: 1.2 Ga), also with ferroan A-type signature. Our integrated petrogenetic model envisages mantle-derived magmas (ultramafic and mafic rocks) evolved by assimilation-fractional crystallization to felsic subvolcanic and volcanic rocks, interacting with granitic magmas produced by crustal anatexis (biotite-amphibole granite) and subsequently fractionated (biotite granite) and highly fractionated (two-mica granite) with the involvement of F-rich fluids up to subvolcanic levels.Item Time and isotopic constraints for Early Tonian basaltic magmatism in a large igneous province of the São Francisco – Congo paleocontinent (Macaúbas basin, Southeast Brazil).(2022) Souza, Maria Eugênia Silva de; Martins, Maximiliano de Souza; Queiroga, Gláucia Nascimento; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Castro, Marco Paulo de; Serrano, PaulaThe Neoproterozoic Macaúbas basin (southeast Brazil) provides key hints to unravel the history of the São Francisco – Congo paleocontinent before its amalgamation as part of Gondwana. Among the several Proterozoic taphrogenic events and anorogenic igneous episodes documented for the São Francisco – Congo paleocontinent, Early Tonian event has been particularly focused on in the literature owing to the large production of bimodal (felsic-mafic) magmas now found in the Araçuaí (SE Brazil) – West Congo (SW Africa) orogenic system (AWCO) and neighboring cratonic regions. Aiming to examine the stratigraphic relations, timing and isotopic signatures of extensive basaltic magmatism related to the Macaúbas basin, we carried out detailed field, lithochemical, isotope (whole-rock Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf in zircon) geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronological studies on the Pedro Lessa suite and Planalto de Minas Formation, located in the central-western Araçuaí orogen. The studied Pedro Lessa suite consists of a series of mafic dikes that crosscut the lowermost units of the Macaúbas Group but not the Planalto de Minas Formation. The Pedro Lessa suite yielded zircon U-Pb ages between 951 ± 54 Ma and 939 ± 7 Ma. The Planalto de Minas Formation comprises volcaniclastic rocks crystallized at 889 ± 10 Ma, and sedimentary rocks with maximum depositional age of 867 ± 10 Ma. The lithochemical and isotopic datasets (Pedro Lessa dikes: εNd(t) = +0.60; εHf(t) = –22.21 to +4.66; Planalto de Minas volcanism: εNd(t) = +0.76 to +0.78; εHf(t) = − 19.27 to +10.03) indicate predominantly continental tholeiite and minor enriched MORB-type mantle magmas with variable amounts of crustal contamination. The (La/Sm)N ratios indicate a theoretical partial melting (1–7%) of the spinel-lherzoite lithospheric zone for the Pedro Lessa suite, and of the spinel-garnet transition zone (3–10%) for the Planalto de Minas metamafic rocks, in accordance with La/Nb and La/Ba ratios. The new and complied isotopic and lithochemical data suggest a time-dependent evolution of magma sources, with lithospheric mantle sources for the Early Tonian dike swarms (Pedro Lessa and correlatives) evolving to predominantly asthenospheric mantle sources for the late basaltic volcanism recorded in the Planalto de Minas Formation. Such an extensive and long-lasting anorogenic magmatism of Early Tonian age (c. 965 – 870 Ma) found in the AWCO and São Francisco – Congo craton likely records more than one extensional event and related aborted continental rifts, altogether driven by the same mantle plume. Although long-lived, this mantle plume acted beneath a strong continental lithosphere so that it was unable to break up the São Francisco – Congo paleocontinent into two completely separated landmasses. Highlighting the main stages of anorogenic magmatism, we also present an updated barcode for the São Francisco – Congo paleocontinent.Item An Early Tonian rifting event affecting the São Francisco-Congo paleocontinent recorded by the Lower Macaúbas Group, Araçuaí Orogen, SE Brazil.(2019) Castro, Marco Paulo de; Queiroga, Gláucia Nascimento; Martins, Maximiliano de Souza; Alkmim, Fernando Flecha de; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Souza, Maria Eugênia Silva deAfter it had been assembled in the very early Orosirian, the western São Francisco–Congo Paleocontinent experienced several rifting events since the Statherian (ca. 1750 Ma) to Cryogenian (ca. 700 Ma). Records of anorogenic magmatism and/or associated sedimentation from those events have been found in the Neoproterozoic Araçuaí–West Congo orogenic system (AWCO), located between the São Francisco (eastern Brazil) and Congo (central Africa) cratons. Based on detailed field studies and data from lithochemistry, zircon and titanite U-Pb dating, whole-rock Nd and Hf-in-zircon isotopic analyses, we characterize a previously poorly described Early Tonian, rift-related, volcano-sedimentary succession in order to decipher the evolution of the AWCO precursor basins. That volcano-sedimentary succession, found in the Capelinha Formation type-area, now assigned to the Lower Macaúbas Group, includes quartzites with lenses of ortho-amphibolite (metabasalt) covered by pelitic schists. Zircon grains from ortho-amphibolite samples yielded ages of 957 ± 14 Ma and 576 ± 13 Ma, constraining their magmatic crystallization and regional metamorphism, respectively. These mafic rock show ƐNd(t) from −3.64 to +0.21 and Nd TDM ages from ca. 1.4 to ca. 1.7 Ga. Positive covariation of FeOtot/MgO + FeOtot, TiO2, P2O5, V and Zr, enrichment in light rare earth elements, slightly positive Eu/Eu* anomaly and depletion of high field-strenght elements, suggest tholeiitic protolith related to a continental rifting setting. The metasedimentary rocks show broad spectra of detrital zircon ages from the Early Tonian (ca. 940 Ma) to Paleoarchean, with wide-ranging ƐHf values from predominantly negative (as low as −10.76) to positive (+9.94), evoking well-known sediment sources in the São Francisco–Congo Paleocontinent. The youngest age peak (949 ± 12 Ma) constrains a maximum sedimentation age coeval with the basaltic volcanism represented by the ortho-amphibolite. The Capelinha volcano-sedimentary succession nearly correlates in age and origin with other anorogenic units (e.g., Ilhéus and Pedro Lessa dike swarms, Salto da Divisa granitic suite, Gangila basaltic and Mayumbian felsic volcanisms) found in a large region covered by the AWCO and neighbouring cratonic region. However, the Capelinha magmatism seems to preceed by some 20–30 m.y. the main peak (930–900 Ma) of this Early Tonian anorogenic magmatism, suggesting a long-lived and complex rift system.Item Paleoenvironment, sediment provenance and tectonic setting of Tonian basal deposits of the Macaúbas basin system, Araçuaí orogen, southeast Brazil.(2019) Souza, Maria Eugênia Silva de; Martins, Maximiliano de Souza; Queiroga, Gláucia Nascimento; Leite, Mariana; Oliveira, Rosana Gonçalves; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Soares, Antônio Carlos PedrosaThe Neoproterozoic Macaúbas Group represents the main precursor basin system of the Araçuaí orogen, including a Tonian volcano-sedimentary succession, at the base, overlain by a Cryogenian sequence. Belonging to the Tonian succession, the Matão – Duas Barras Formation, exposed at the southern border of the Porteirinha basement block in the proximal (western) Araçuaí orogen, represents the very first stage of rifting ever recorded in the Macaúbas basin system. Sedimentological analysis on that formation has revealed two distinct and consecutive facies associations, both indicating half-graben sedimentary filling: i) fault-sourced alluvial fans; and ii) fluvial deposits associated with braided rivers. U-Pb ages of detrital zircon grains from the Matão – Duas Barras Formation and its underlain unit (ascribed to the Espinhaço Supergroup) uniformly show a dominant Rhyacian to Orosirian peak at ca. 2182 Ma – 1863 Ma, as well as several minor Archean age peaks from ca. 3186 Ma to ca. 2655 Ma. The Matão – Duas Barras fluvial deposits also show two Mesoproterozoic age clusters at ca. 1520 Ma and ca. 1156 Ma. Together with sedimentological features, the Archean and Paleoproterozoic zircon ages indicate sediment provenance from the granite-gneiss sources located in the neighboring Porteirinha block, which would have acted as a basement high (a large horst) at least during the initial filling of the Early Tonian Macaúbas rift. The ca. 1520 Ma and ca. 1156 Ma peaks are in good agreement with the Calymmian and Stenian development stages (II and III) of the Espinhaço Supergroup, which acted as an important secondary sediment sources for the basal Macaúbas Group. This also suggests that the Mesoproterozoic sources were exposed by the Porteirinha block uplift coeval with the Matão – Duas Barras basin filling. The maximum sedimentary ages given by the youngest zircon grains, together with a thorough literature compilation, bracket a depositional interval for the basal Macaúbas deposits from 1000 Ma to 933 Ma. Changes in sedimentary style and geochronological spectra suggest variations in the tectonic activity and subsidence rates of the Early Tonian Macaúbas basin, marking its first stage as an entirely siliciclastic sedimentation.Item Zircon in emplacement borders of post-collisional plutons compared to country rocks : a study on morphology, internal texture, U–Th–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes (Araçuaí orogen, SE Brazil).(2020) Araujo, Cristina Santos; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Lana, Cristiano de Carvalho; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Queiroga, Gláucia Nascimento; Serrano, Paula; Medeiros Júnior, Edgar Batista deZircon is a powerful tool to study the internal evolution of igneous bodies and their interactions with country rocks. At pluton borders, zircon may record the emplacement history from the crystallization onset to deuteric processes, as well as inheritance from country rocks. We present a detailed morphology and internal structure study coupled with isotopic analyses (UeThePb and LueHf) on a great number of zircon grains extracted from samples collected at the borders of three distinct post-collisional intrusions of the Araçuaí orogen: granites from the Arace^ e Pedra Azul and Vitoria plutons, and a tonalite from the Mestre Alvaro pluton. For comparison, we also present mineral and bulk-rock chemistry data from these samples of post-collisional intrusions, as well as zircon UePb-Hf data from their country rocks (the Nova Venecia migmatitic paragneisses and Atal eia granites) and a wide dataset compilation. Zircon saturation geothermometry suggests igneous temperatures above 800 C for pluton borders. Zircon geochronology resulted in crystallization ages for borders of the plutons at 523 ± 2 Ma (Arace^ e Pedra Azul), 505 ± 1 Ma (Vitoria), and 527 ± 2 Ma (Mestre Alvaro). Lu eHf data (Arace^ e Pedra Azul pluton: εHf(t) 18.6 to 23.8, TDM ages from 2.25 to 2.47 Ga; Vitoria pluton: εHf(t) 7.4 to 10.3, TDM ages from 1.58 to 1.71 Ga; Mestre Alvaro pluton: εHf(t) 0.7 to 8.8, TDM ages from 1.27 to 1.66 Ga; Nova Venecia migmatitic paragneiss: εHf(t) þ4.1 to 39.2, TDM ages from 1.20 to 3.47 Ga; and Ataleia granite: εHf(t) 3.2 to 8.1, TDM ages from 1.42 to 1.64 Ga) indicate involvement of country rocks in the petrogenesis of post-collisional intrusions. Together, new and compiled data suggest: i) magma hybridization at high temperature, involving country rocks; ii) rapid growth of zircon crystals probably at rapid cooling rates; and iii) in situ dissolutionerecrystallization and overgrowth processes in zircon crystals in response to interactions with residual (late-stage) melts and/or deuteric fluids.Item A-type Medina batholith and post-collisional anatexis in the Araçuaí orogen (SE Brazil).(2018) Serrano, Paula; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Medeiros Júnior, Edgar Batista de; Boa, Tobias Fonte; Araujo, Cristina Santos; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Queiroga, Gláucia Nascimento; Lana, Cristiano de CarvalhoThe Medina batholith and its host granitic migmatites record intriguing plutonic processes in the northern Araçuaí orogen (SE Brazil). This orogen shows a long lasting (630–480 Ma) succession of granite production events from the earliest pre-collisional plutons to the latest post-collisional intrusions. The Medina batholith includes granite intrusions ascribed to the post-collisional stage. They show high alkali and halogen contents, low CaO (at SiO2=71%:Na2O+K2O=7 to 9%; CaO=1.6%), and high FeOt/(FeOt+MgO) ratios (0.78 to 0.92). The Medina granites are metaluminous to weakly peraluminous, with ASI (molecular ratio Al/(Ca-1.67P+Na_K)) values of 1.76 to 2.07, and have high concentrations of high field strength elements (Zr+Nb+Ce+Y N 700 ppm), as well as high Ga/Al ratios. Accordingly, the Medina intrusions are typical ferroan A-type granites. U\\Pb ages fromzircon (501±2 Ma) and monazite (497±2 Ma) constrain the emplacement timing of theMedina batholith. Surprisingly, all monazite ages from host rocks also cluster around 500Ma, despite their nature and distance from the batholith, suggesting that they would have shared a same thermal process. The studied host rocks are granitic migmatites varying from patch metatexite to nebulitic diatexite, comprising paleosome of foliated sillimanite-garnet-biotite metagranite to gneiss, and non-foliated garnet-cordierite neosome poor to free of biotite. A metatexite (R14) located relatively far from the Medina batholith, and a diatexite (M26) found at the batholith contact were sampled for detailed studies. The paleosome of foliated metagranite (R14A) only shows zircon grains with igneous features and Th/U ratio from1.64 to 0.26. Although the spreading of zircon spots, themain cluster yields a Concordia age at 556±6 Ma, constraining the protolithmagmatic crystallization. A minor cluster furnishes a Concordia age at 499±7 Ma, in agreement with the U\\Pb monazite age at 501±2Ma. Extracted from the same metatexite sample, the non-foliated garnet-cordierite neosome (R14B) shows both igneous and metamorphic zircon domains with Th/U ratios ranging from 1.47 to 0.00. Again, the U\\Pb spots cluster at two distinct Concordia ages (562±3Ma and 499±3Ma). The youngest of them, fitting with themonazite age (495±3Ma), constrains melt crystallization,while the oldest age suggests paleosome inheritance. The nebulitic diatexite (M26) showsmonazite (497±2Ma) and zircon (Th/U=1.7 to 0.0; Concordia ages at 564±2Ma and 507±3Ma) populations similar to themetatexite neosome, alsowith the youngest ages bracketing themelt crystallization process around 500 Ma. Accordingly, all those ages at around 500Ma disclose a partial melting episode coeval with the Medina batholith emplacement. Phase equilibrium modeling on a garnet-cordierite neosome furnished P-T conditions of 750–840 °C at 2.4–3.5 kbar for that post-collisional anatexis. Evidence for such a late thermal event are common in the Araçuaí orogen, even far from the post-collisional batholiths. Thus, a possible major heat source can be envisaged, like a mantle plume triggering crustal anatexis and regional fluid circulation during the gravitational collapse of the Araçuaí orogen.Item Protracted zircon geochronological record of UHT garnet-free granulites inthe Southern Brasília orogen (SE Brazil) : petrochronological constraints onmagmatism and metamorphism.(2018) Tedeschi, Mahyra; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Lanari, Pierre; Novo, Tiago Amâncio; Pinheiro, Marco Aurélio Piacentini; Lana, Cristiano de Carvalho; Peters, DanielThe investigation of ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphic rocks, and their corresponding (pressure)-temperature-time (P-T-t) history is critical to distinguish between arc- or collision-related metamorphism. This isa very challenging task if mineral assemblages are highly retrogressed and isotopic systems are disturbed.Garnet-free granulites lacking accessory minerals (chronometers) and metamorphic index minerals (thermo-barometers) located in UHT domains are examples of such complex systems. In such cases, zircon may be themain chronometer, although isotopic U-Pb data outline protracted records, making the interpretation of the datacomplex. This study focuses on the timing of magmatism and metamorphism, as well as on the thermal meta-morphic conditions of garnet-free UHT granulites of the Guaxupé nappe, southernmost Brasília orogen, locatedclose to the Paranapanema cratonic block. It presents U-Pb dating, Lu-Hf isotopes and trace element signatures ofzircon, and thermometry on metamorphic clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene from granulites. Steady176Hf/177Hf(t)in zircon cores exhibiting U-Pb dates spreading in the Concordia suggest post-crystallizationdisturbance. From those disturbed granulitic systems, minimum crystallization ages of ca. 2550 Ma, ca. 790 Ma,ca. 690 Ma and ca. 660 Ma can be retrieved. The juvenile ca. 2.55 Ga granulite is thefirst evidence of an exposedrock of the Paranapanema cratonic block, previously only inferred from geophysical data. The Guaxupé napperecords arc-related magmatic episodes in the range of 790–640 Ma, partially coeval with a long-lasting(∼80 m.y.) metamorphic event (670–590 Ma) and intrusion of basic magma (ca. 660 Ma). Thermometry onzoned clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene yields UHT conditions around 900–1000 °C. Comparing the distributionpatterns of metamorphic zircon rims and newly formed grains, we suggest two distinct metamorphic stages: i) anarc-related metamorphism (670–640 Ma), recorded by domains possibly formed by subsolidus recrystallization;and ii) a continental collision to decompression involving partial melting (630–590 Ma) associated to extensivezircon crystallization. The temporal relationship between magmatic and metamorphic ages suggests an ultra-high-temperature metamorphic event related to a magmatic arc. This arc was afterwards involved by theGuaxupé nappe stacking during the collisional stage of the southernmost Brasília orogen.Item Contrasting provenance and timing of metamorphism fromparagneisses of the Araçuaí-Ribeira orogenic system, Brazil : hints for Western Gondwana assembly.(2017) Degler, Reik; Soares, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa; Dussin, Ivo Antonio; Queiroga, Gláucia Nascimento; Schulz, BernhardThe Araçuaí orogen and the Ribeira belt make up a complex Neoproterozoic-Cambrian orogenic system, the Araçuaí-Ribeira orogenic system(AROS) located fromthe eastern to southeastern Brazil. Along the AROS, the Ediacaran Rio Doce magmatic arc represents a geotectonic connection between the Araçuaí and the Ribeira orogenic domains. Although the nature and evolution of the Rio Doce plutonic rocks is regionally well established, it lacks detailed studies on the paragneisses found along the western and central regions of this magmatic arc. Besides information on the nature and provenance of their sedimentary protoliths, the paragneisses provide data to unravel the palaeogeographic scenario fromthe precursor to arc-related basins. Six samples of Al-rich gneisses covering a large AROS region were selected for electron microprobe (EMP) mineral analyses in order to obtain geothermobarometric data and monazite ages, as well as for Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) isotopic analyses on zircon (U-Pb, Lu-Hf) and monazite (U-Pb). The different age spectra fromdetrital zircon grains and contrasting Hf isotopic signatures suggest a complex sedimentary history. Located in thewestern sector of the study region, the samples RC-02 and RC-34, with an 80% age peak of detrital zircon grains from 2158 Ma to 1830 Ma, εHf(t) from −2.2 to −22.7, and Hf TDM model ages from 3530 Ma to 2440 Ma, suggest sediment sources located in the São Francisco craton basement. The samples RC-03, also fromthewestern sector, and RC-46 fromthe southern sector, have a more complex assemblage of detrital zircon grains with an 87% age peak from 987 Ma to 592 Ma, εHf(t) from +14.9 to −2.9, and Hf TDM model ages from 2220Ma to 720 Ma, indicating provenance from mainly juvenile sources of distinct ages. Candidates to be juvenile sources for RC-03 and RC-46 sedimentary protoliths are the Rhyacian Juiz de Fora and Pocrane complexes in the basement of the Rio Doce arc, the Neoproterozoic Rio Negro arc systemof the Ribeira belt, and AROS ophiolite complexes. Samples RC-30 and RC-38 from the eastern sector of the study region, with most detrital zircon ages between 650 Ma and 552 Ma and very negative εHf(t) (−25.3 to −16.5), suggest main sediment sources in the Rio Doce arc. By extending U-Pb analyses on metamorphic zircon and monazite, we have identified a complex timing of metamorphism, represented by metamorphic ages ranging from 621 Ma to 480 Ma, with the main collisional activity between 580Ma and 540 Ma. Geothermobarometric studies on garnet porphyroblasts, syn-kinematic to the D2 regional foliation, show a retrograde metamorphic path typical of continental collision belts, starting with P-T conditions of Tmax = 733 °C and Pmax = 6.43 kbar. Our data also suggest: i) the studied paragneisses represent distinct Neoproterozoic basin stages, shifting from passive to active margin settings; ii) if the Rio Negro arc system really provided sediments for the basin stage represented by the RC-03 and RC-46 paragneisses, it would have amalgamated with the AROS before 614 Ma; iii) the final amalgamation of Western Gondwana took place around 540 Ma in the focused region; iv) an important re-heating period (520–480 Ma) can be related to the AROS gravitational collapse, afterWestern Gondwana assembly.Item Petrogenesis and age of skarns associated with felsic and metamafic dykes from the Paraíba do Sul Complex, southern Espírito Santo State.(2017) Mesquita, Raissa Beloti de; Evangelista, Hanna Jordt; Queiroga, Gláucia Nascimento; Medeiros Júnior, Edgar Batista de; Dussin, Ivo AntonioThis paper concerns the study of petrography, mineral chemistry and geochronology of skarns generated at the contact of marbles of the Paraíba do Sul Complex with felsic and metamafic dykes in the southern Espírito Santo State. The marbles were metamorphosed under P-T granulite facies conditions during the syn-collisional stage of the Neoproterozoic Araçuaí orogen. Metamafic bodies are composed of amphibolite and hornblende granofels, while felsic dykes consist of alkali-feldspar granite, monzogranite or syenogranite. From marble towards the dyke, skarns related to the metamafic bodies are composed of carbonate + olivine and diopside + hornblende zones. Skarn associated to the granitic dykes are composed of three different zones: carbonate + tremolite, diopside, scapolite + diopside. Variations in mineral chemical compositions along the metasomatic zones suggest introduction of Mg and Ca from the marbles, Fe from the metamafic dykes and Na from the granitoids. The presence of spinel in the metamafic dykes and their skarns indicates that both were metamorphosed under granulite facies conditions during the 580–560 Ma syn-collisional stage. U-Pb zircon geochronology (LA-ICP-MS) of an alkali-feldspar granite dyke resulted in a crystallization age of ca.540 Ma, which suggests that its skarns are therefore younger than skarns associated with the syn-collisional metamafic dykes.