Tectônica de emplacement dos diques toleíticos do Arco de Ponta Grossa, entre Curitiba e Paranaguá (PR)

Abstract

Despite the large amount of geochemical and geochronological studies that have been performed in the Ponta Grossa dyke swarm (EDPG), little is known about the associated tectonics with their sin and post emplacement. The objective of this study is to identify at the dykes, possibles kinematic indicators to understand this dynamic and characterize the Meso-Cenozoic brittle tectonic associated with the area, affecting all rocks. The study area is located in the vicinity of Paranagua bay, Parana state, where the EDPG dykes arise intruding Precambrian domains, composed of gneisses, metasedimentary sequences and granite suites that belongs to the Paranaguá terrane and a small part to Curitiba and Luis Alves microplates, both in touch by a shear zone (SIGA JR, 1995). These rocks have an outstanding NE-SW foliation direction. The studied dykes were divided into two groups based on petrographic studies with a strong predominance of tholeiitic basics and subordinate, alkali basic. Some compounds dykes were found, what demonstrates that at least two magmatic pulses possibly associated with the same event. Dykes are vertical to subvertical and have a NW-SE main direction. Often have a NE-SW direction to internal fracturing, probably associated with its cooling process. The dykes have a tabular format, but is not uncommon occurring irregular. The main indicative features of oblique movement in these dyke intrusions are stepped edge structures, branchs and zigzag shapes, which demonstrate in general a extensional dextral component of displacement. Aggregating data from other major tholeiitic dykes swarms, was found an average value of N80E for the σ3 tensor for th opening of South Atlantic, consistent with the expected for the EDPG also, since they were intruded into a transtensive regime (CORREA GOMES, 1996). Faults and fractures are observed cutting both the host rocks as dikes, featuring a later intrusion tectonics. The main fracture sets are N20-30E, N30-40W, N80W and N60-70E, forming preferencial areas of erosion at the intersection between them. Faults can display well-defined fault planes with striation and steps, occurring fulfilled or not, by silica and carbonatic material. In the observed faults predominates sinistral kinematic, indicating change in the stress field in comparison to the emplacement dykes one. The study of th brittle tectonics as the dykes emplacement in the area contribute to a better understanding of the process of South Atlantic ocean opening, besides covering the submerged region of the Santos Basin basement, the focus of extensive studies currently, assuming that the same processes have affected the offshore region.