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A record of Permian subaqueous vent activity in southeastern Brazil

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  • Jorge Kazuo Yamamoto

    (University of São Paulo)

  • Thomas Rich Fairchild

    (University of São Paulo)

  • Paulo Cesar Boggiani

    (University of São Paulo)

  • Tarcísio Jose Montanheiro

    (State Secretary of Environment)

  • Carlos César de Araújo

    (PETROBRAS SA)

  • Pedro Kunihiko Kiyohara

    (University of São Paulo)

  • Sergio Luis Fabris de Matos

    (University of São Paulo)

  • Paulo César Soares

    (Federal University of Paraná)

Abstract

The remarkable occurrence of more than 4,500 conical siliceous mounds in an area of less than 1.5 square kilometres has been reported in the Paraná basin, near Anhembi, São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil1. These structures, which are up to two metres high, are thought to have been formed at the margin of a very shallow, broad but waning internal sea1, and it was originally suggested that they are stromatolites2. Yet their restricted occurrence, unusual abundance and nearly pure siliceous composition have never been satisfactorily explained by this hypothesis. Here we report field and laboratory observations on their shape, construction, composition and mineralogy. On the basis of our data we suggest that the conical mounds are the result of subaqueous Late Permian vent activity in southwestern Gondwana. The present siliceous cone field differs considerably from other Palaeozoic siliceous hot spring deposits, such as those at Rhynie, Scotland3, and the Drummond basin, Australia4, and therefore represents an unusual occurrence of vent activity.

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  • Jorge Kazuo Yamamoto & Thomas Rich Fairchild & Paulo Cesar Boggiani & Tarcísio Jose Montanheiro & Carlos César de Araújo & Pedro Kunihiko Kiyohara & Sergio Luis Fabris de Matos & Paulo César Soares, 2005. "A record of Permian subaqueous vent activity in southeastern Brazil," Nature, Nature, vol. 438(7065), pages 205-207, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:438:y:2005:i:7065:d:10.1038_nature04252
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04252
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