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Aspectos fundamentais das medidas e interpretação de registros paleomagnéticos em rochas sedimentares da Formação Longá-Bacia do Parnaíba
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1984-09-21) ALENCAR, Benaia Vieira de; PACCA, Igor Ivory Gil; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8172887185665918
Palaeomagnetic data for the upper Palaezoic and, in particular, the Devonian of South America are still very limited and therefore polar wandering curves cannot be established. We investigated the paleomagnetism of 43 stratigraphic horizons of the Upper Devonian Longá Formation. The results should make a contribution towards a better definition of that curve. Sampling was done according to the block method in profiles on highway PI-13 between Teresina, Barras and Batalha, and on highways PI-24 and BR-230 between Floriano, Nazaré do Piauí and Oeiras, all in the state of Piauí. Investigations were carried out at the "Laboratório de Paleomagnetismo" of the University of São Paulo and completed at the laboratory of the NCGG of the Federal University of Pará. In this study, we employed the technique of progressive demagnetization by alternate fields up to 700ºe and/or temperatures up to 670-700ºC. Interpretation of the data was done using vector diagrams of Zijderveld, curves type J-T/C of variation of magnetic intensity with variations of temperature or magnetic field and also by graphs of variation of the direction of the vectors of magnetization. Calculations of mean direction and poles were done following the statistical method of Fisher. Four directions of remanent magnetization were identified: 1. A secondary magnetization of chemical origin (CRM) and reverse polarity due to formation of hematite probably by deuteric alteration after magnetite. This magnetization (identified as B) shows palaeomagnetic Carboniferous - Permian age with pole coordinates: 80°S, 3°E; A95 = 13.6°. 2. A hard isotherm component (IRM) with spectre totally superimposed on the initial magnetization which was not affected by the treatment of the samples. This magnetization (identified as D) shows an almost constant direction around declination point 234.23º and inclination 41.94º. 3. A group of directions of soft magnetization of viscous origin (VRM), identified as C, with mean direction: declination= 15º and inclination = -20°. These were removed at temperatures between 300 and 600°C. 4. The principal magnetization, of normal polarity, identified as A, is probably of detrital origin (DRM). Its palaeomagnetic pole coordinates: 48°S, 331ºE; A95= 9.9° is consistent with the Upper Devonian age of the Formation. This magnetization is believed to be the original one. The palaeomagnetic poles relative to magnetizations A and B as well as other poles for South America were rotated to Africa following, the pre-drif configuration of Smith and Hallam (1970) and there is agreement when compared to the African and Australian poles of the same age. The measured polarities are consistent with the magnetostratigraphic scales of Irving and Pullaiah (1976) and Khramov and Rodionov (1981).