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Análise palaeoambiental e caracterização dos Folhelhos Negros da Formação Barreirinha utilizando análises Multiproxy
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2025-06-04) CARVALHO, Wivian Maria Rodrigues; BRITO, Ailton da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9873489431846769; HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0001-9224-5563; SOARES, Joelson Lima; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1345968080357131
The initial sedimentation phase of the Barreirinha Formation was associated with a rapid relative sea-level rise during a significant marine transgression event that flooded the Amazon Basin. These organic-rich shales outcrop along a narrow yet extensive belt located on the southern margin of the Amazon Basin. Few studies have specifically addressed the potential paleoenvironmental variations linked to the deposition of these shales. This is mainly due to the relative lithological uniformity of these rocks—composed predominantly of fine-grained sediments—and their economic relevance, which has directed most research toward the maturation of organic matter. To investigate the paleoenvironmental variations during the deposition of these fine sediments—focusing on sedimentary dynamics, the origin, and provenance of the organic matter—a multiproxy approach was applied, combining various quantitative, semi-quantitative, and qualitative techniques. The analyzed stratigraphic succession is mainly composed of gray to black shales, exhibiting facies variations related to coarse terrigenous input and episodes of bioturbation. These features suggest a deep, distal, anoxic marine depositional environment, with no evidence of carbonate sedimentation, typical of the Abacaxis Member of the Barreirinha Formation. Mineralogical cluster analyses indicate a dominance of kaolinite, characterizing the Kaolinite Facies, with subordinate quartz, sulfates, and sulfides in the lower portions. The base of the succession includes massive fine-grained sandstones with cross-bedding, correlated with the Ereré Formation, interpreted as deltaic to inner shelf deposits. The transition to laminated shales interbedded with sandstones and siltstones marks the onset of the Devonian (Frasnian) transgression, with substantial continental input evidenced by heavy minerals, pyritized plant remains, and tasmanites. The presence of dumpstones suggests glacial influence and ice-rafted debris deposition. Upper levels show more homogeneous shales, enriched in organic matter, lacking bioturbation and detrital minerals, indicating maximum anoxia during the peak of the transgressive event in the Amazon Basin. Diagenetically, the shales underwent compaction, fracturing, mineral substitution, oxidation, and intense pyritization, mainly as framboidal pyrite—typical of reducing marine environments. The mineralogy is dominated by kaolinite and quartz, with accessory minerals indicating alteration processes and possible Jurassic-Triassic igneous intrusions (Penatecaua magmatism), which contributed to increasing the thermal maturity of the kerogen. Rock-Eval pyrolysis and biomarker analyses reveal Type II-III kerogen with gas-generating potential, ranging from immature to post-mature depending on proximity to igneous intrusions. These findings reflect a transgressive system strongly influenced by environmental controls and regional thermal input.
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Flora e fauna do neógeno das áreas de manguezais de lagoas costeiras da plataforma equatorial do Brasil: processo de piritização
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2021-04-02) MATA, Giovanni Alvaro Teixeira da; AGUILERA SOCORRO, Orangel Antonio; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5854051483674293; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4418-8351
The carbonate-siliciclastic rocks from the early to middle Miocene Pirabas Formation in the equatorial margin of Brazil show a brackish ecofacies of mangrove and coastal lagoons paleoenvironments under tidal influence. The studied section has dark mudstone at the top, characterized by a microbial methanogenesis zone where pyritized trunks, leaves, micro- and macrofossils, and trace fossils, have been investigated. The petrographic characterization and crystallographic analyses distinguish mostly framboids crystal for trunk fragments to the octahedric and cubic crystals from invertebrate shells. The geochemistry analyzes revealed that Fe and S are concentrated both in the fossiliferous content of invertebrate constituents and in the matrix that hosts the trunk, while the other elements are mainly linked to invertebrates. The preferential distribution of these elements is in accordance with the presence of FeS2 compounds replacing fossils, reflecting the anoxic and reducing conditions of the environment. The pyrite-rich lithostratigraphic section was deposited in a shallow water environment, where pyrite mineralization was developed during the early diagenetic stage under anoxic conditions, plenty of organic matter, warm and mixohaline water. The integration of faciological, stratigraphic and chemical data from the carbonate deposits of the Pirabas Formation, in addition to reconstructing the stratigraphic behavior of these units in the period studied, would also assist in understanding the paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic changes of the Bragantina Platform and its possible relationship with global events.