Spatial analysis of plutonics bodies of mineiro belt trough integration of geological, airbone geophysical data and geochemical data / Analise espacial dos corpos plutonicos do cinturão mineiro atraves da integração de dados geologicos, aerogeofisicos e geoquimicos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

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Airborne geophysical data acquired over the Mineiro Belt in the southern portion of the São Francisco Craton, Minas Gerais, Brazil display patterns not previously identified by geological field mapping. The lack of rock exposures and connections among rock formations at surface poses problems for regional geologic mapping and interpretation, which are difficult to be surpassed. An integrated analysis of gamma-ray spectrometric, magnetic, geochemical and field geological data was conducted to map and analyse these patterns, and highlight the relationships between the principal geological units, as well as their internal structures and boundaries. Enhancement and cluster analysis of the gamma-ray spectrometry data showed their usefulness in mapping subtle compositional variations in the area, which concur with and complement available geological data. The main product is a new geological map at 1:100.000 scale that was ground-checked in other to examine lithological, structural and stratigraphic relationships. The new geological map based on geophysical data enable better definition of geological units and contribute directly to more effective and efficient geological mapping. The gamma-ray spectrometry data also allowed the boundaries definition of São Tiago and Ritapolis batoliths that have not been all recognized in fied mapping and with geochemical data. The integrated analysis of gamma-ray spectrometric, magnetic, geochemical and field geological data provided a tool to map the extent of the composicional and structural patterns within the batholits and provides insigth into the most probable processes of origin. Because the subtle differences in mineralogy is associated the radioelement zoning in the plutonic bodies of Mineiro Belt may be difficult to detect in the field, enhacement and spectral analysis of gamma ray spectrometric data by unsupervised classification were applied to detected variations that are difficult to interpret from ternary images of the K, eTh and eU grids. The main results allowed the understanding of the geophysical properties and correlation with geochemical and isotopic data. Three plutonic bodies were studied in detail: Ritapólis, Cassiterita e Manuel Inácio. The main goal was define the geophysical and geochemical signatures of these bodies and extrapolate to another areas and provide new insigths to the origin of such plutons. The Ritapolis signature reveals a similarity with the Itumirim and Itutinga granitoids, while the Cassiterita signature is well mapped at the Tabões and Rezende Costa domains. The Manuel Inacio plutonic bodie can be mapped in the airborne geophysical data as well as similar bodies known at this region, but they are poor in radioelements what difficult the mapping of subtle differences in mineralogy. Finally, the physical property contrast and geochemical characteristics of the plutonic bodies of the Mineiro Belt can be well related with isotopic and geological data acquired before this research. The data integration illustrates the generation of plutonic bodies with close spatial/temporal relationships and contrasting source regions

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geofisica geologia estrutural geoquimica espectrometria de raio gama geology structural geochemistry geophysics gamma ray spectrometry

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