A unidade Maria Preta : geologia, geoquimica e petrogenese de rochas vulcanicas e sub-vulcanicas intermediarais a felsicas no

Alberto Ruggiero

New geochemical data on andesites and dacites of the Maria Preta Unit, Rio Itapicuru Greenstone Belt, revealed two distinct geochemical groups: one of adakitic affinity and another of typical calc-alkaline. The adakitic suite, localized west in the unit, is characterized by high values of Sr/Y and Ti/YN >1. It shows enrichment in LFSE (Low Field Strength Elements) relative to HFSE (High Field Strength Elements) and a moderate rare earth element fractionation. The calc-alkaline suite (CA) shows low Sr/Y ratios, less rare earth elements fractionation and negative Eu anomalies. On the other hand it shows higher incompatible elements abundances (Y, Zr, Th) and high Cr and Ni concentrations. The two suites cannot be linked by fractional crystallization and are derived from different sources (distinct initial Nd ratios). The most probable setting for the formation of CA is partial melting of mantle peridotite modified by hydrous fluids released from a subducting slab, followed by low pressure plagioclase fractionation. The adakite geochemical features require partial melting of hydrous metabasalts at depths high enough to stabilize garnet+hornblende as the residual phase. This suite does not reveal significant interactions with the mantle, as shown by its lower Cr and Ni values than Cenozoic adakites. For an assumed 2170 Ma age, the Sm-Nd isotope data show higher eNd(t) for the adakites (+4,8 to +2,5) than for the calc-alkaline suite (+1,9 to +1,4). These data indicate a juvenile source for the UMP volcanic rocks. U-Pb SHRIMP dating indicates a crystallization age of 2,081 ± 9 Ma for the adakitic volcanic. Inherited Archean zircons (3364, 3017, 3064 Ma) evidence a magma generated at a subduction zone followed by interaction with Archean lithosphere, probably the basement of the Rio Itapicuru Greenstone Belt. The calc-alkaline suite shows low oxygen fugacities at the magma extraction site (between -3 e -1 FMQ). On the other side, the adakites shows higher values (between -1 e +0,5 FMQ), similar to modern adakites formed by a subducting slab melt. This results suggests that the UMP volcanism was formed or was directly connected to a subduction. The geographic position of the two suites, i.e. adakites to the west of the calc-alkaline volcanics, suggests subduction of an oceanic plate to the west

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