Table 1 Available geochronological data of the Carajás Domain

Unit / Age (Ma) / Method / Reference
Granitic rocks
Formiga Granite / ca. 600 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Grainger et al. 2008
Gameleira Granite / 1583 ± 9 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Pimentel et al. 2003
Central Carajás Granite / 1880 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
1820 ± 49 / U-Pb, Zr / Wirth et al. 1986
Pojuca Granite / 1874 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
2560 ± 37 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Souza et al. 1996
Breves Granite / 1879 ± 6 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Tallarico et al. 2004
Young Salobo Granite / 1880 ± 80 / Rb-Sr, WR / Cordani 1981
Cigano Granite / 1883 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
Old Salobo Granite / 2573 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
Itacaiúnas Granite / 2525 ± 38 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Souza et al. 1996
dacitic to rhyolitic porphyry / 2645 ± 9,
2654 ± 9 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Tallarico 2003
Estrela Granite / 2527 ± 34 / Rb-Sr, WR / Barros et al. 1992
2763 ± 7 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Barros et al. 2004
biotite-hornblende granite / 2734 ± 4 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Sardinha et al. 2004
trondhjemite / 2765 ± 39 / U-Pb, Zr / Sardinha et al. 2004
Serra do Rabo Granite / 2743 ± 1.6 / U-Pb, Zr / Sardinha et al. 2006
Plaquê Suite / 2736 ± 24 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Avelar et al. 1999
Planalto Granite / 2747 ± 2 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Huhn et al. 1999b
leucomonzogranite / 2928 ± 1 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Sardinha et al. 2004
Águas Claras Formation/ Rio Fresco Group
sandstone (with zircon derived from syndepositional volcanic rock) / 2681 ± 5 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Trendall et al. 1998
crosscutting gabbro dikes / 2645 ± 12 / U-Pb, Zr / Dias et al. 1996
Mafic dikes and sills, metagabbros
metagabbro / 2708 ± 37 / U-Pb, Zr / Mougeot et al. 1996
mafic intrusive rock / 2705 ± 2 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Galarza and Macambira 2002b
metagabbro and cogenetic metavolcanic rocks / 2757 ± 81 / Sm-Nd, WR / Pimentel et al. 2003
Itacaiúnas Supergroup
Igarapé Bahia Group
mafic metavolcanic rock / 2748 ± 34 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Tallarico et al. 2005
mafic metavolcanic rock / 2745 ± 1 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Galarza and Macambira 2002a
metapyroclastic rock / 2747 ± 1 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Galarza and Macambira 2002a
Grão Pará Group
rhyolite / 2759 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
felsic volcanic rock / 2758 ± 39 / U-Pb, Zr / Wirth et al. 1986
porphyritic metarhyolite / 2760 ± 11 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Trendall et al. 1998
rhyodacite / 2759 ± 2 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
basalt and basaltic andesite / 2687 ± 54 / Rb-Sr, WR / Gibbs et al. 1986
Igarapé Pojuca Group
amphibolite / 2732 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
meta-andesite / 2719 ± 80 / Sm-Nd, WR / Pimentel et al. 2003

Table 1 (continued)

Unit / Age (Ma) / Method / Reference
Salobo Group
foliated amphibolite / 2761 ± 3 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
2497 ± 5 / U-Pb, Ti / Machado et al. 1991
granitic vein / 2732 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
2581 ± 5,
2584 ± 5 / U-Pb, Ti / Machado et al. 1991
amphibolite / 2555 +4/-3 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
banded iron formation / 2551 ± 2 / U-Pb, Mz / Machado et al. 1991
Basic-ultrabasic layred complex (Luanga Complex)
anorthositic gabbro / 2763 ± 6 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
Xingu Complex
amphibolite / 2856 ± 3 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
2519 ± 5 / U-Pb, Ti / Machado et al. 1991
granitic leucosome / 2859 ± 2,
2860 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
felsic gneiss / 2851 ± 2 / U-Pb, Zr / Machado et al. 1991
granodioritic orthogneiss / 2974 ± 15 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Avelar et al. 1999
Pium Complex
granulite / 3050 ± 57 / Pb-Pb, Zr / Rodrigues et al. 1992
protoliths of the enderbite / 3002 ± 14 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Pidgeon et al. 2000
granulitization event / 2859 ± 9 / U-Pb, Zr (*) / Pidgeon et al. 2000

Abbreviations : (*): SHRIMP; Zr: zircon; Ti: titanite; Mz: monazite; WR: whole rock.

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