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Precambrian Research 149 (2006) 197–216<br />
Timing of crust formation, deposition of supracrustal sequences,<br />
and Transamazonian and Brasiliano m<strong>et</strong>amorphism in the East<br />
Pernambuco belt (Borborema Province, NE Brazil):<br />
Implications for western Gondwana assembly<br />
Sérgio P. Neves a,∗ , Olivier Bruguier b , Alain Vauchez c , Delphine Bosch c ,<br />
José Maurício Rangel da Silva a , Gorki Mariano a<br />
a De<strong>par</strong>tamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50740-530 Recife, Brazil<br />
b ISTEEM, Service <strong>ICP</strong>-<strong>MS</strong>, Université de Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France<br />
c Laboratoire de Tectonophysique, Université de Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France<br />
Received 21 July 2005; received in revised form 10 January 2006; accepted 21 June 2006<br />
Abstract<br />
The main structural feature of the central domain of Borborema Province (NE Brazil) is a n<strong>et</strong>work of dextral and sinistral<br />
shear zones. These shear zones rework an older, regionally developed, flat-lying foliation in orthogneisses and supracrustal belts,<br />
which in the East Pernambuco belt was formed under amphibolite facies conditions. This study reports <strong>LA</strong>-<strong>ICP</strong>-<strong>MS</strong> U–<strong>Pb</strong> zircon<br />
ages of m<strong>et</strong>aigneous and m<strong>et</strong>asedimentary rocks aiming to constraint the pre-transcurrent tectonothermal evolution in the Eastern<br />
Pernambuco domain. Ages of 2125 ± 7 and 2044 ± 5 Ma in a mafic layer of banded orthogneiss are interpr<strong>et</strong>ed as the age of the<br />
protolith of the orthogneiss and of high-grade Transamazonian m<strong>et</strong>amorphism, respectively. The latter age is consistent with the<br />
occurrence of low Th/U, m<strong>et</strong>amorphic zircon xenocrysts, dated at 2041 ± 15 Ma, in the leucosome of a migmatitic <strong>par</strong>agneiss. A<br />
granitic orthogneiss dated at 1991 ± 5 Ma reflects late to post-Transamazonian magmatic event. A similar age (1972 ± 8 Ma) was<br />
found in rounded zircon grains from a leucocratic layer of banded orthogneiss. Ages of d<strong>et</strong>rital zircons in a <strong>par</strong>agneiss sample indicate<br />
derivation from sources with ages varying from the Archean to Neoproterozoic, with peak ages at ca. 2220, 2060–1940, 1200–1150<br />
and 870–760 Ma. D<strong>et</strong>rital zircons constrain the deposition of the supracrustal sequence to be younger than 665 Ma. Magmatic<br />
zircons with the age of 626 ± 15 Ma are found in the leucosome of a migmatitic <strong>par</strong>agneiss and constrain the age of the Brasiliano<br />
high-temperature m<strong>et</strong>amorphism. A lower intercept age of 619 ± 36 Ma from a deformed granodiorite dated at 2097 ± 5 Ma and the<br />
crystallization age of 625 ± 24 Ma of the felsic layer of banded orthogneiss also confirm the late Neoproterozoic m<strong>et</strong>amorphism.<br />
These results show that the present fabric in basement and supracrustal rocks was produced during the Brasiliano orogeny.<br />
Paleoproterozoic ages reported in this study are similar to those found in other sectors of the Borborema Province, the Cameroon<br />
and Nigeria provinces, and the São Francisco/Congo craton. They show the importance of the Transamazonian/Eburnean event<br />
and suggest that these tectonic units may have been <strong>par</strong>t of a larger, single continental landmass. Likewise, similarities in post-<br />
Transamazonian m<strong>et</strong>amorphic and magmatic events in the Borborema, Nigeria and Cameroon provinces suggest that they shared a<br />
common evolution and remained in close proximity until the opening of the Atlantic Ocean.<br />
© 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<br />
Keywords: Laser <strong>ablation</strong> <strong>ICP</strong>-<strong>MS</strong>; Zircon U–<strong>Pb</strong> geochronology; Neoproterozoic belts; Transamazonian orogeny; Brasiliano orogeny<br />
∗ Corresponding author. Tel.: +55 81 2126 8240; fax: +55 81 2126 8236.<br />
E-mail address: serpane@hotlink.com.br (S.P. Neves).<br />
0301-9268/$ – see front matter © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<br />
doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2006.06.005