Microfacies and diagenetic evolution of the limestones of the upper part of the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil
| Autor: | Germano Mário Silva Ramos, Flávia Araújo de Arruda Cabral, Tiago Siqueira de Miranda, Ana Claúdia da Silveira, José Antonio Barbosa, Virgínio Henrique de Miranda Lopes Neumann |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Geology v.49 n.1 2019 Brazilian Journal of Geology Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia (SBGEO) instacron:SBGEO Brazilian Journal of Geology, Vol 49, Iss 1 (2019) Brazilian Journal of Geology, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Article number: e20180097, Published: 08 APR 2019 |
| Popis: | This paper presents the results of a petrographic and diagenetic study of the laminated limestones of the upper part of the Aptian to Albian Crato Formation, northeast of Brazil. The applied techniques were optical microscopy, cathodoluminescence and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled to a wavelength-dispersive spectrometer (WDS). Petrographic analysis has revealed that most of the laminated limestones are calcilutites with a dominance of a micritic matrix, indicating a low-energy depositional environment. Microstructures such as microfaults, microfractures, microslumps, and loop bedding were observed. Based on textural, structural and paleontological features, seven microfacies were recognized: massive limestone, limestone with parallel laminations, limestone with undulated laminations, limestone with slumps, limestone with loop bedding, limestone with ostracods and limestone with peloids. In addition, the processes of cementation, dissolution, replacement, recrystallization and compaction, which are related to different diagenetic stages, were also recognized. The diagenetic constituents found in the sections include calcite, pyrite, silica and sulfates. We can conclude that a large part of the microstructures (microfaults, microfractures, microslumps and loop bedding) can be related to local seismicity, probably due to the reactivation of the Patos Shear Zone. The diagenetic constituents indicate an early to late diagenesis (eogenetic, mesogenetic and telogenetic stage). |
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