INVESTIGADORES
PETRINOVIC Ivan Alejandro
artículos
Título:
Mineralogical and field aspects of magma fragmentation deposits in a carbonate-phosphate magma chamber: evidence from the Catalao I complex, Brazil.
Autor/es:
CORDEIRO, J.; BROD, A.; GASPAR, J.; JUNQUEIRA BROD, T.; IVAN ALEJANDRO PETRINOVIC
Revista:
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Editorial:
Eñsevier
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2005 vol. 18 p. 355 - 369
ISSN:
0895-9811
Resumen:
Abstract
The Catalao I carbonatite complex, central Brazil consists of ultramafic silicate rocks with subordinate carbonatite and associated
phoscorite, nelsonite, and monazitite. In the Lagoa Seca area, lacustrine sediments discordantly overlie a 15-m thick unit of horizontally
layered alkaline rocks that consist of a basal apatitite/nelsonite overlain by monazitite. The unit contains cylindrical to conic pipes filled with
breccia, limited at the top by a discordance and at the bottom by phoscorites and carbonatites. X-ray diffraction and microprobe studies show
that the pipes are filled dominantly by gorceixite and ilmenite, with subordinate apatite, calcite, pyrochlore, baryte, anatase, vivianite, and
quartz and rare perovskite. This assemblage has possible primary phases and common alteration products of late-stage phoscorite-series
rocks, such as carbonate nelsonites. The lower and intermediate portions of some pipes are fine grained, with cross- and coarsening-upward
bedding. These structures are typical of diluted particulate flows (e.g. surges), which suggests that magma fragmentation occurred inside the
chamber. The rocks and structures described here seem to represent an extreme case in which surge-like deposits formed within a conduit or
even inside the magma chamber, implying that surge processes may develop at higher-than-atmospheric pressures.