Influence of Uplift and Magmatism on Distribution of Quartz and Illite Cementation: Evidence from Siluro-Devonian Sandstones of the Paraná Basin, Brazil

  1. Richard H. Worden5,
  2. Sadoon Morad6
  1. L. F. De Ros1,
  2. S. Morad6,
  3. C. Broman2,
  4. P. De Césero3,
  5. D. Gomez-Gras4

Published Online: 17 MAR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444304237.ch16

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Quartz Cementation in Sandstones

Quartz Cementation in Sandstones

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De Ros, L. F., Morad, S., Broman, C., De Césero, P. and Gomez-Gras, D. (2009) Influence of Uplift and Magmatism on Distribution of Quartz and Illite Cementation: Evidence from Siluro-Devonian Sandstones of the Paraná Basin, Brazil, in Quartz Cementation in Sandstones (eds R. H. Worden and S. Morad), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444304237.ch16

Editor Information

  1. 5

    School of Geosciences, The Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK

  2. 6

    Sedimentary Geology Research Group, Institute of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 B, S–75236, Uppsala, Sweden

Author Information

  1. 1

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Geociências, Departamento de Mineralogia e Petrologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, CEP 91501–970 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil

  2. 2

    Institutionen för geologi och geokemi, Stockholms Universitet, Kungstensgatan 45, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

  3. 3

    Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Geologia/Geofísica, R. São Francisco Xavier, 524, Bloco ‘A’, Maracanã, 20 550–013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

  4. 4

    Department de Geologia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Edifici C (s), 08193-Bellaterra, Spain

  5. 6

    Sedimentary Geology Research Group, Institute of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 B, S–75236, Uppsala, Sweden

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 17 MAR 2009
  2. Published Print: 3 MAR 2000

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780632054824

Online ISBN: 9781444304237

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Keywords:

  • uplift and magmatism on distribution of quartz and illite cementation;
  • quartz cementation - major factor in porosity and permeability destruction;
  • Siluro-Devonian sandstones of Furnas Formation in intracratonic Paraná Basin, southern Brazil;
  • detrital texture and composition;
  • typical burial history of Furnas Formation in centre of basin;
  • diagenetic constituents;
  • Siluro-Devonian sandstones;
  • patterns of quartz and illite cementation

Summary

Siluro-Devonian sandstones of the Furnas Formation in the intracratonic Paraná Basin, southern Brazil display heterogeneous distribution of quartz, kaolin and illite cementation and feldspar dissolution. Extensive dissolution and kaolinization of detrital feldspar, mica and clay pseudomatrix occurred under an eodiagenetic meteoric regime. The heterogeneous precipitation of quartz and illite is attributed to the circulation of hot fluids related to the uplift and magmatism along the regional Ponta Grossa Arch. This is supported by the high (up to 156°C) fluid inclusion homogenization temperatures in quartz overgrowths and by the intense kaolinite illitization in sandstones with maximum burial depths between 1200 and 2200 m, as well as by the high crystallinity and the K/Ar derived ages of illite that coincide with the timing of magmatism. The extensive destruction of detrital feldspar has generated diagenetic quartz arenites with poorly connected pore systems, and hence low reservoir potential. The heterogeneous patterns of diagenetic modifications displayed by the sandstones suggests that ‘isochemical’ diagenetic models of the system SiO2[BOND]Al2O3[BOND]K2O[BOND]H2O have limited validity for basins with complex burial histories and magmatic activity, and may apply only to some sandstones buried deeply in rapidly subsiding basins.

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