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- Geoquímica de sedimentos lacustres em sistemas com elevadas taxas de sedimentação por eventos climáticos extremos: estudos de caso na República DominicanaPublication . Fonseca Araújo, Joana; Nogueira, Pedro; Fonseca, Rita; Pinho, C.; Araujo, A.Resumo: As condições climáticas da República Dominicana são propícias à ocorrência de elevadas taxas de erosão e, consequentemente, a elevadas taxas de sedimentação, prejudicando por isso o potencial de armazenamento de água e de produção de energia eléctrica das barragens. Neste estudo, foram abordadas duas barragens, Tavera e Sabana Yegua, nas quais se amostraram os solos das respectivas bacias de drenagem, bem como os sedimentos de fundo. Recorrendo à análise da química total através de ICP-OES, bem como à análise textural e elementar, pretende-se realizar uma caracterização geoquímica quanto aos elementos maiores e em traço, bem como a avaliação da proveniência dos sedimentos, de modo a determinar a real influência de cada sub-bacia de drenagem no processo de sedimentação das barragens.
- Caracterização preliminar da deformação dos ortognaisses alcalinos e hiperalcalinos da Faixa Blastomilonítica (Zona de Ossa-Morena)Publication . Roseiro, José; Moreira, Noel; Nogueira, Pedro; de Oliveira, Daniel Pipa SoaresSUMMARY: In the Blastomylonitic Belt (northernmost Ossa-Morena Zone), alkaline and peralkaline orthogneisses are found as elongated bodies with WNW-ESE to NW-SE orientation hosted within a strongly deformed Neoproterozoic to Lower Cambrian metasedimentary strata. Despite some similarities between them (ascribed to the very similar nature of their igneous protolith) the deformational features displayed in all of them are different, for example in the mineral segregation and recrystallization (including the development of augens) observed, and in different strike-dip orientation of foliations and lineation plunge. The dissimilarities are presumably due not only from different primary features, but also to the type of ductile shearing and metamorphic conditions they underwent. This way, field data will be complemented with petrographic studies for mineralogical and microdeformation characterization, and crossed to the regional structural information, thus constraining the deformation patterns of the alkaline-peralkaline orthogneisses on the Blastomylonitic Belt.
- Contact metamorphism and dolomitization overprint on Cambrian carbonates from the Ossa‑Morena Zone (SW Iberian Massif): implications to Sr‑chronology of carbonate rocksPublication . Roseiro, José; Moreira, Noel; Andrade, Laura; Nogueira, Pedro; de Oliveira, Daniel Pipa Soares; Eguiluz, Luis; Mirao, Jose; Moita, Patrícia; Santos, José Francisco; Ribeiro, Sara; Pedro, J.ABSTRACT: he Cambrian Series 2 Carbonate Formation from the Alter do Chão Elvas-Cumbres Mayores unit (Ossa-Morena Zone, SW Iberian Massif) is composed of regionally metamorphosed marbles and marlstones that underwent chlorite zone metamorphism and preserve the primaeval limestone 87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.7083–0.7088). These are consistent with the established Lower Cambrian seawater curve, and therefore used for age constraints in formations lacking fossil contents. The regional mineralogical and Sr-isotopic features of the carbonate rocks are frequently overprinted by the effects of contact metamorphism induced by magmatic bodies emplaced during rift-related and synorogenic events of the Palaeozoic, as well as by post-metamorphic dolomitization processes. The development of calc-silicate minerals due to contact metamorphism is common in the rocks of the Carbonate Formation and apparently results from the interaction of the protolith with fluids of different origin: (i) internally produced fluids released by conductive heating (observed in external contact aureoles) and (ii) external intrusion-expelled fluids that, besides leading to the appearance of distinctive assemblages, also promote an influx of strontium content (observed in roof pendants). Calc-silicate mineralogy varies substantially throughout the region, likely due to the heterogeneous distribution of silicate minerals of the protolith, progression of intrusion-driven fluids, and the irregular effect of thermal gradients. Results suggest that high-grade contact metamorphism (hornblende facies or higher) and dolomitization processes imposed on the Carbonate Formation significantly influence the isotopic signatures of the carbonates, providing limitations in applying Sr-isotopic chronology.
- Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of surface soils and waste piles collected in the Preguiça-Vila Ruiva mining areaPublication . André da Silva Costa, Óscar Filipe; Reis, Amelia; Nogueira, Pedro; Simões, Pedro Pimenta; Kumoleha, A.ABSTRACT: The Preguiça and Vila Ruiva mines, located in the Ossa Morena Zone, Beja district, were explored for Fe-Zn-Pb in the early and mid-20th century. This study aims to reassess their mining potential by creating geochemical maps using modern exploration techniques combined with petrographic and mineralogical analyses. These maps resulted from field measurements obtained by portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF-P) equipment. The geochemical mapping shows that the Zn, Pb, and Fe anomalies correspond to the waste rock piles presenting, however, variations in their spatial distribution. Spatially concordant anomalies of Fe, Co, Cr, and V were detected in the soil NW of the Preguiça mine.
- High strain peralkaline orthogneisses within orogenic scale shear zones: geological and structural mapping in the Arronches region (Tomar-Badajoz-Córdoba Shear Zone, Ossa-Morena Zone)Publication . Roseiro, José; Moreira, Noel; Nogueira, Pedro; de Oliveira, Daniel Pipa SoaresABSTRACT: The lithological units in the Arronches region (included within the Arronches tectonic unit, Tomar-Badajoz-Córdoba Shear Zone, northernmost Ossa-Morena Zone) and in particular the peralkaline orthogneisses therein, have been the target for petrological, geochemical and structural studies in order to constrain its petrogenesis and tectono-metamorphic contextualization within the broader regional geology. Two detailed geological-structural maps of the Arronches region (from the Arronches village and the Fialha area), as well as the structural analysis allow the description of two mylonitic high strain fabrics found in different peralkaline orthogneiss bodies (the dominantly Arronches-type S fabric and the dominantly Fialha-type S-L fabric), which provide better insights about the internal architecture of the Tomar-Badajoz-Córdoba Shear Zone.
- Ranked Mappable Criteria for Magmatic Units: Systematization of the Ossa-Morena Zone Rift-Related Alkaline BodiesPublication . Roseiro, José; Moreira, Noel; de Oliveira, Daniel Pipa Soares; Silva, Marcelo; Eguiluz, Luis; Nogueira, PedroABSTRACT: The Ossa-Morena Zone (SW Iberian Massif) hosts the largest set of Cambro-Ordovician alkaline magmatic plutons related to the Palaeozoic rifting of the northern Gondwana margin so far described. An organized framework for their classification at different scales is proposed through data-driven ranks based on their distinctive petrological features relative to other rift-related magmatic rocks found throughout western Europe. The classification method aims to enhance geological mapping at different scales, regional- and continental-scale correlations, and, as such, facilitate the petrogenetic interpretation of this magmatism. The hierarchical scheme, from highest to lowest rank, is as follows: rank-1 (supersuite) assembles rocks that have distinctive characteristics from other magmatic units emplaced in the same magmatic event; rank-2 (suite) categorizes the units based on their major textural features, indicating if the body is plutonic, sub-volcanic, or a strongly deformed magmatic-derived unit; rank-3 (subsuite) clusters according to their spatial arrangement (magmatic centres) or association to larger structures (e.g., shear zones or alignments); rank-4, the fundamental mapping unit, characterizes the lithotype (alkaline granite, alkaline gabbro, syenite, albitite, etc.) by considering higher ranks (alkalinity and textural aspects); rank-5 characterizes the geometry of individual plutons (with several intrusions) or swarms; rank-6 (smallest mappable unit) corresponds to each intrusion or individual body from a swarm. Although this classification scheme is currently presented solely for the Ossa-Morena Zone, the scheme can be easily extended to incorporate other co-magmatic alkaline bodies, such as those in the NW Iberian allochthonous units or other peri-Gondwanan zones or massifs, in order to facilitate regional correlations of the rift-related magmatism.