Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Vargeao

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Occurrence number: 
025-00-111
Country: 
Brazil
Region: 
Santa Catarina
Location: 
Longitude: -52.45, Latitude: -27.25
Carbonatite: 
No

A circular dome 11 km wide with annular and radial fractures is thought to lie above an alkaline intrusion. Dykes, which may have been alkaline, are heavily weathered.

References: 

FILHO, A.P., ANDRADE, C.A.V. and SCHEIBE, L.F. 1978. Uma janela estratigrafica no oeste de Santa Cararina: o domo de Vargeao. Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Geologia, 30(1): 408-12

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