Thermal and Magnetic Context of Central Brazil Structures: A study of
magnetic lineaments in the central Trans-Brazilian Lineament (TBL) and
adjacent regions.
Abstract
This paper reports on the progresses obtained through the analysis of
thermomagnetic features of the region between the southern part of
Tocantins state and the northern part of Goias state, in Central Brazil.
For that, we made use of data collected through aeromagnetic surveys.
Techniques of shading applied to vertical derivative of Anomaly Magnetic
Field (AMF) have been used to identify magnetic lineaments. The depth
estimates of these structures were obtained by means of spectral
Analysis of AMF (Centroid method). The results reveal the existence of a
set of near-linear magnetic features in the region between the
longitudes of 480W and 510W and
between the latitudes of 120S and
140S. This is also an area of moderate microseismic
activity and recent studies indicate anomalous geothermal conditions at
the upper crust. However, direct evidences of the occurrence of magmatic
intrusions at shallow crustal levels are absent. We postulate the
hypothesis that the features identied as a result of aeromagnetic survey
are indicative of fracture systems, thereby enabling the ow of carbonic
uids observed at the region’s thermal springs and transporting
geothermal heat.