Métodos geofísicos aplicados ao mapeamento geológico numa área da Região Bragantina-Pará

Abstract

The following research is about the aplication of geophysical methods in a pilot area in the Bragantina region, NE of Pará, as an auxiliary to geologic mapping. The area is covered with thick tertiary sediments and presents occurrences of industrial rocks such as limestone and granite, representing an outcrop surface smaller than 5% of area. Studies carried out by Goulart (1978) revealed that it is impossible to determine parent rock of the superficial material, of the A horizon. This makes difficult the surface geologic mapping and can lead to exaggerated extrapolation of the contacts, such as that which took place in the preliminary mapping. The geophysical methods applied in the area are: Electroresistivity and Magnetometry. Some mechanical sounding was carried out also. The results obtained contributed to a better understanding of the structural features mapped, and also made it possible to discover other important features. Two areas were defined for future detail study, with the objective to distinguish between the limestones of better and poorer quality. In reference to the granite region a new mapping of that area is suggested.