Unraveling the rapid CO2 mineralization experiment using the Paraná flood basalts of South America.

CO2 capture and storage in geological reservoirs have the potential to significantly mitigate the effects of anthropogenic gas emissions on global climate. Here, we report the results of the first laboratory experiments of CO2 injection in continental flood basalts of South America. The results show that the analyzed basalts have a mineral assemblage, texture and composition that efficiently allows a fast carbonate precipitation that starts 72 h after injection. Based on the availability of calcium, chemical monitoring indicates an estimated CO2 storage of ~ 75%. The carbonate precipitation led to the precipitation of aragonite (75.9%), dolomite (19.6%), and calcite (4.6%).

Petrological, geochemical (major, trace, and rare earth elements), and U-Pb zircon data of the Tamatán Group, NE Mexico.

From samples of the Paleozoic Tamatán Group (Huizachal-Peregrina Anticlinorium, Tamaulipas, Mexico), petrographic (qualitative and modal) and geochemical analyses (major, trace, and rare earth elements) were conducted. The first U-Pb geochronological data on detrital zircons of the Tamatán Group were generated using four samples. The data presented here contains a broad overview of photomicrography, recalculated modal point-count data, raw geochemical data, and simple statistics of selected geochemical parameters. The data presented in this article are interpreted and discussed in the research article titled "Provenance and tectonic setting of the Tamatán Paleozoic sequence, NE Mexico: Implications for the closure of the Rheic Ocean at the northwestern part of Gondwana" [1].

Petrology of dioritic, tonalitic and trondhjemitic gneisses from Encantadas Complex, Santana da Boa Vista, southernmost Brazil: paleoproterozoic continental-arc magmatism

The Encantadas Complex is a unit composed of dioritic, tonalitic and trondhjemitic gneisses with minor hornblendite. This complex is intruded by granites of Neoproterozoic age. Major and trace element data indicate metaluminous to slightly peraluminous composition related to the medium-K calc-alkaline series. Compositional parameters are consistent with a common evolution from less differentiated magmas, probably through fractional crystallization. The orthogneisses show LaN/YbN ratios from 10 to 50, K2O/Na2O varying from 1.1 to 3.0, Y contents from 3 to 39 ppm, Yb from 0.3 to 3.7, and Lu with contents in the range 0.06 and 0.54 ppm. Such geochemical features are similar to those of Archaean tonalitic rocks and are usually described in rocks formed by partial melting of mafic rocks under high-pressure conditions leaving an eclogitic residue. The presence of diorites and hornblendites, associated to tonalitic and trondhjemitic gneisses suggests, on the other hand, that tonalitic magmas could be formed by hornblende-controlled fractionation of hydrous basaltic magmas. Tonalitic gneisses show U-PbSHRIMP zircon age of 2, 263 ± 6 Ma for igneous crystallization and 2, 045 ± 10 Ma for the metamorphism. The geochemical parameters, tectonic and geochronological features of Encantadas Complex are consistent with magmas derived from mantle metasomatized by subduction-related fluids in a continental-arc.

O Complexo Encantadas é constituído por gnaisses tonalíticos, trondhjemíticos e dioríticos com presença subordinada de hornblenditos. Os elementos maiores e traços indicam uma composição metaluminosa a fracamente peraluminosa relacionada às séries cálcico-alcalinas médio-K. Os parâmetros composicionais são consistentes com uma evolução associada provavelmente a cristalização fracionada a partir de magmas menos diferenciados. Os ortognaisses mostram razões LaN/YbN variando entre 10 até 50, K2O/ Na2O entre 1,1 e 3,0, com conteúdos de Y entre 3 e 39, Yb entre 0,3 e 3,7 e Lu entre 0,06 e 0,54. Estas feições são similares às descritas em tonalitos arqueanos, usualmente atribuídas à fusão parcial de seqüências máficas sob condições de alta pressão deixando um resíduoeclogítico. A presença de dioritos e hornblenditos, associados aos gnaisses tonalíticos e trondhjemíticos sugere, por outro lado, que os mesmos podem representar rochas com uma evolução comum, geradas provavelmente por fracionamento de hornblenda a partir de magmas básicos hidratados. Os tonalitos apresentam idade U-PbSHRIMP em zircão de 2,263±6Ma para a cristalização e 2,045±10Ma para o metamorfismo. Os parâmetros geoquímicos, tectônicos e geocronológicos são consistentes com magmas derivados de manto metassomatizado por fluídos relacionados com subducção oceânica em uma margem continental ativa.