Geologia do setor nordeste da zona de cisalhamento de Granja - noroeste do Ceará

Abstract

This work is about the geology of the northeast part of the Granja Shear Zone, in the northwest portion of State of Ceará, Brazil. This part of shear zone consist of rocks from Gameleira and Granja complexes, and Martinópole Group. These units were individualized from geologic mapping, petrography, lithochemistry, tectonic regime and geocronology. The Gameleira Complex is present in the northern part of area, and in conventional air photos and image of radar shows a peneplanized relief Pattern. The lithological types are represented by kizingitic gneisses and ultramaficy mafic and enderbitic granulites. From lithochemistry study these rocks can be interpreted from and orthoderived origin. The milonitic foliation shows anastomosed pattern with trend NE - SW, with strong dips to SE, and the stretching lineations concentrated in poles around N 75 E, dipping not over than 25'. Radiometric ages obtained from Rb/Sr methods, Total Rock, were 1.915±19 Ma and 1.929+60 Ma. The Granja Complex is located in the center part of the area and shows either a peneplanized relief. The main lithological type is the tonalitic-granodioritic gneisses with trondhjemitic and monzo-granitic gneisses, and amphibolite lenses with subordinated ocurrence. Probably these rocks are derived from igneous rocks with calc-alkaline trend. The geometric pattern of milonitic foliation presents the same regional trend NE - SW, dipping to SE, with stretching lineations poles concentrated near those observed in Gameleira Complex. Radiometric ages obtained from Rb/Sr methods, Total Rock, were 2.40282 Ma, i.796±105 Ma, 1.791±141 Ma, 1.581±43 Ma and 498±31 Ma. The Martinópole Group occurs in southern part of the area, as elongated hills with trend NE - SW. The lithological type are represented by quartzites and calc-silicate gneisses, of paraderivated origin. The S milonitic foliation has NE SW trend, with strong to moderate dips to SE. The isotopic age of 2.4 Ga obtained from gneisses of Granja Complex, suggest that the Granja Shear Zone formation is related to a tectonic event of the end of Archaean, when rocks from lower crust upflit to higher level through an oblique sistem during the movement of Ceará Block to WSW overridding the São Luis Block. The goungest ages from rocks of Granja Complex are interpretated as due importants isotopft resetting related to sheary metamorphism and partial melting during the Lower Proterozoic and Upper Proterozoic thermal effects.