The ubiquity of detrital zircon in clastic sediments made zircon one of the primary minerals for provenance and tectonomagmatic studies. However, its high U–Pb closure temperature (>900°C), limited growth of new zircon under upper amphibolite–eclogite facies, inherited bias towards felsic sources and refractory behaviour rarely representing first-cycle sedimentation can hamper the detection of key tectonomagmatic events. Other mineral assemblages, such as rutile, which formed in medium- to high-grade metapelite and metabasite during high-pressure and low-temperature subduction metamorphism can help to provide a complete record of polyphase orogenic evolution. In this study, we present U–Pb ages and trace elements in detrital rutile from the Ordovician Tacaratu Formation (Tucano–Jatobá Basin) to track the complete polyphase evolution of southern Borborema Province. Coupled U–Pb detrital zircon and rutile analysis revealed that detrital zircon ages lag detrital rutile ages by c. 100 myr. Three rutile age peaks at c. 767, 669 and 595 Ma were recognized, agreeing with subduction in magma-poor orogenic phases (lulls) between relatively high magma generation phases (flare-ups). The detrital rutile ages record earlier phases of Brasiliano Orogeny in southern Borborema Province (subduction-related metamorphism; closure of Sergipano Ocean), as this orogeny culminated in the collision of blocks followed by high-temperature metamorphism.
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The clastic record of an early Brasiliano Orogeny: pre-collisional subduction-related metamorphism within the southern Borborema Province through detrital rutile analysis
Rodrigo I. Cerri;
Rodrigo I. Cerri
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1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
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Fabrício A. Caxito;
Fabrício A. Caxito
2
CPMTC Research Center and Department of Geology
, Federal University of Minas Gerais
, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil
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George L. Luvizotto;
George L. Luvizotto
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
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George W. Clemence Junior;
George W. Clemence Junior
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
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Nayara M. Santos;
Nayara M. Santos
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
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Regiane A. Fumes;
Regiane A. Fumes
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Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
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Renato Moraes;
Renato Moraes
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Department of Mineralogy and Geotectonics
, Institute of Geosciences – University of São Paulo
, Rua do Lago, 562
, 05508-080 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Christopher Spencer
Christopher Spencer
4
Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
, Queen's University
, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Rodrigo I. Cerri
*
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
Fabrício A. Caxito
2
CPMTC Research Center and Department of Geology
, Federal University of Minas Gerais
, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil
George L. Luvizotto
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
George W. Clemence Junior
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
Nayara M. Santos
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
Regiane A. Fumes
1
Department of Geology
, Institute of Geoscience and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil
Renato Moraes
3
Department of Mineralogy and Geotectonics
, Institute of Geosciences – University of São Paulo
, Rua do Lago, 562
, 05508-080 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Christopher Spencer
4
Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
, Queen's University
, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Correspondence: [email protected]
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Received:
27 Nov 2024
Revision Received:
28 Jan 2025
Accepted:
08 Feb 2025
First Online:
20 Feb 2025
Online ISSN: 2041-479X
Print ISSN: 0016-7649
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- Award Id(s): 2022/12621-6
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Journal of the Geological Society (2025) 182 (3): jgs2024-263.
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Received:
27 Nov 2024
Revision Received:
28 Jan 2025
Accepted:
08 Feb 2025
First Online:
20 Feb 2025
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Rodrigo I. Cerri, Fabrício A. Caxito, George L. Luvizotto, George W. Clemence Junior, Nayara M. Santos, Regiane A. Fumes, Renato Moraes, Christopher Spencer; The clastic record of an early Brasiliano Orogeny: pre-collisional subduction-related metamorphism within the southern Borborema Province through detrital rutile analysis. Journal of the Geological Society 2025;; 182 (3): jgs2024–263. doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-263
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- absolute age
- Bahia Brazil
- Borborema Province
- Brasiliano Orogeny
- Brazil
- chemical composition
- clastic rocks
- detritus
- magmatism
- metabasite
- metaigneous rocks
- metamorphic rocks
- metamorphism
- metapelite
- metasedimentary rocks
- nesosilicates
- Ordovician
- orthosilicates
- oxides
- P-T conditions
- Paleozoic
- plate tectonics
- rutile
- sedimentary rocks
- sedimentation
- silicates
- South America
- subduction
- trace elements
- Tucano Basin
- U/Pb
- zircon
- zircon group
- Jatoba Basin
- detrital zircon
- Tacaratu Formation
- Sergipano Ocean
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