O Complexo Paulistana no domínio interno da Faixa Riacho do Pontal: petrografia e geoquímica das sequências metavulcânicas

Abstract

The Paulistana Complex, located in the Internal Domain of the Neoproterozoic Riacho do Pontal Fold Belt, corresponds to a metaplutono/volcanic-sedimentary sequence composed of metamorphic rocks at greenschist to amphibolite facies. Geochemical analyses revealed the predominancy of alkali-basaltic high Fe tholeiitic composition for the amphibolites, and alkaline to sub-alkaline for the metagabbros. The Rare-Earth Elements (REE) and the multi- elementary diagrams for the volcanic samples show enrichment in both LREE and HREE, positive anomalies of Ba, Ta, Nb, P and discrete negative anomalies of Th, K and Sr. Metaultramafic rocks display enrichment in REE, positive anomalies of Ba, Rb, Th, Nb, Ta, La e Ce, and negative anomalies of Rb, K and Sr. Clinopiroxene-amphibolite display decrease in LREE and HREE, with compositions closer to the primitive mantle, with negative anomalies of K, La and Ce. The chemical analyses of the metagabbros reveal an enrichment in LREE and HREE and positive anomalies of Ba, Th and P with discrete negative anomalies of Rb and K. Calc-alkaline volcanic rocks of bimodal composition (basalts to rhyolites) deformed along the Lineament Pernambuco Oeste indicate intraplate volcanism generated in trans-tensional basin. The results presented in this study combined with available data in the literature suggest that the metamafic/metaultramafics rocks of the Paulistana Complex were formed in extensional setting related with Tonian (ca. 890 Ma) mantle plumes, of transition continent-ocean, precursor to the existing ocean crust between Pernambuco-Alagoas Block and São Francisco Craton.