Orientador: Roberto Perez Xavier / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T02:16:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Trevisan_VeronicaGodinho_M.pdf: 12082378 bytes, checksum: 8a62864dd0b76538367589ff9f11e172 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: O setor leste da Província Aurífera de Alta Floresta, Cráton Amazônico, Brasil, hospeda um grande número de depósitos de ouro na forma de veios, sistemas de veios em stockwork e disseminados associados à sequências plutôno-vulcânicas paleoproterozóicas, incluindo os depósitos filonares de Au + metais base Luiz e Au ± Cu Paraíba e Pezão. Descrição de testemunhos de sondagem, petrografia e geocronologia U-Pb SHRIMP IIe em zircão permitiram a caracterização dos diferentes atributos geológicos desses depósitos. A rocha hospedeira do depósito Paraíba é representada por biotita tonalito, enquanto que nos depósitos Luiz e Pezão corresponde a um biotita granodiorito intrudido por feldspato-pórfiro e sienogranito cortado por quartzo-pórfiro, respectivamente. As zonas de metassomatismo incluem as alterações clorítica, potássica com biotita e sericítica e, em direção aos setores distais, alterações potássica com K-feldspato e propilítica, preenchimento por carbonato, silicificação + preenchimento por quartzo e, vênulas pós-mineralização compostas por quartzo, carbonato, epidoto, sericita e/ou clorita. O veio de quartzo aurífero dos três depósitos apresenta textura maciça, enquanto que nos depósitos Luiz e Pezão é comum a ocorrência de texturas de preenchimento de espaços vazios em veios de quartzo e/ou quartzo + carbonato não mineralizados. As zonas mineralizadas do depósito Paraíba e Pezão são representadas por pirita + calcopirita, enquanto que no depósito Luiz a paragênese do minério é caracterizada por pirita + esfalerita + galena ± calcopirita. O regime de fluidos nas zonas de minério do depósito Paraíba é representado essencialmente por fluidos aquo-carbônicos, enquanto que nos depósitos Luiz e Pezão por fluidos aquosos bifásicos de baixa salinidade. Análises U-Pb SHRIMP IIe em zircão das rochas hospedeiras e feldspato-pórfiro Luiz forneceram idades de cristalização entre 2,01 e 1,97 Ga. A evolução do sistema hidrotermal dos depósitos indica redução da temperatura e incremento da ¿O2 e pH dos fluidos mineralizantes. A precipitação do minério no depósito Paraíba deve estar relacionada com o processo de imiscibilidade e interações fluido-rocha, enquanto que nos depósitos Luiz e Pezão pode ser atribuída a expansão adiabática seguida por boiling. A integração dos dados sugere que o depósito Paraíba se formou em um nível crustal mais profundo, enquanto que os depósitos Luiz e Pezão em níveis crustais mais rasos. A estreita relação espacial com plútons graníticos sugere que os depósitos Paraíba, Luiz e Pezão possam representar sistemas magmático-hidrotermais que se desenvolveram a partir da cristalização de corpos sub-vulcânicos (e.g. pórfiros), considerados com a possível fonte de fluidos, calor e metais para estes sistemas. Neste contexto, o depósito Paraíba pode ser considerado como um sistema filonar rico em ouro-quartzo hospedado por intrusões, enquanto que os depósitos Luiz e Pezão podem representar sistemas mineralizados similares a depósitos epitermais polimetálicos de sulfuração intermediária e rico em ouro-cobre de baixa sulfuração, respectivamente. Embora a idade da mineralização seja ainda desconhecida nos três depósitos, as relações geológicas entre as hospedeiras, os corpos sub-vulcânicos e zonas de minério, combinadas com os dados geocronológicos obtidos neste estudo e disponíveis na literatura, abrem a possibilidade de que a metalogênese do ouro no setor leste da província não esteja restrita a um único evento intrusivo (1.787 ± 3.2 a 1.786 ± 1 Ma), mas apontam para a possível existência de pelo menos dois eventos mineralizantes (~1.78 e ~1.97 Ga). Os dados geocronológicos U-Pb SHRIMP em zircão obtidos neste estudo sugerem a correlação das rochas graníticas hospedeiras com o primeiro evento magmático (1.98 a 1.97 Ga) do setor leste da província, ou mesmo a expansão desse intervalo de idades / Abstract: The easternmost sector of the Alta Floresta Gold Province, Amazon Craton, Brazil, hosts a significant number of disseminated, stockwork and vein-type gold deposits associated with paleoproterozoic plutonic-volcanic sequences, including the Luiz Au + base metals and the Paraíba and Pezão Au ± Cu vein-type deposits. Description of drill cores, petrography and U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) IIe zircon geochronology allowed the characterization of the different geological attributes of these three deposits. At the Paraíba deposit the host lithotype is represented by biotite tonalite, whereas at the Luiz and Pezão deposits the host rocks encompass a biotite granodiorite intruded by a feldspar-porphyry and a syenogranite truncated by a quartz-porphyry, respectively. Metasomatic zones include chloritic, sericitic and potassic (biotite) alteration, and, outwards from the ore zones, carbonate infill, silicification plus quartz infill, potassic (K-feldspar) and propylitic alteration, besides post-mineralization quartz, carbonate, epidote, sericite and/or chlorite veinlets. The auriferous quartz veins in all deposits display massive texture, whereas barren quartz and/or quartz + carbonate veins at the Luiz and Pezão deposits commonly display open-space filling textures. Ore zones at Paraíba and Pezão deposits are represented by pyrite + chalcopyrite, whereas at Luiz deposit is characterized by pyrite + sphalerite + galena ± chalcopyrite. Fluid regime at the Paraíba ore zones encompasses aqueous-carbonic fluids, whereas at the Luiz and Pezão deposits are essentially characterized by low salinity two-phase aqueous fluids. U-Pb SHRIMP IIe zircon analysis of host rocks and Luiz feldspar-porphyry provided crystallization ages between 2,01 and 1,97 Ga. The evolution of the hydrothermal systems of these three deposits indicates a decrease in temperature and an increase in ¿O2 and pH of the fluid. Ore precipitation at the Paraíba deposit would be related to a combination of immiscibility process and fluid-rock interactions, while at the Luiz and Pezão deposits can be attributed to adiabatic expansion followed by boiling process. Data integration suggest that the Paraiba deposit may have originated at deeper crustal levels, whereas the Luiz and Pezão deposits would be positioned at shallower crustal levels. The close spatial relationship with granitic plutons suggests that the Paraíba, Pezão and Luiz deposits may be genetically linked to magmatic-hydrothermal systems, which developed as a result of the crystallization of sub-volcanic rocks (e.g. porphyries), considered as the possible source of fluids, heat and metals for these systems. In this context, the Paraíba deposit can be classified as an intrusion-hosted gold-quartz vein system, whereas the Luiz and Pezão deposits may represent mineralized systems similar to intermediate sulfidation polymettalic and low sulfidation gold-copper-bearing epithermal deposits, respectively. Although the mineralization ages are still unknown for these three deposits, the geological relationships between host and sub-volcanic rocks and ore zones, combined with geochronological data from this study and from literature, open the possibility that gold metallogeny within the province is not restricted to a single paleoproterozoic intrusive event (1.787 ± 3.2 to ± 1.786 1 Ma), but point to the possible existence of at least two mineralizing events (~ 1.78 and ~ 1.97 Ga). The U-Pb zircon geochronological data from this study suggest the correlation of the granitic rocks to the first magmatic event (1.98 to 1.97 Ga) in the easternmost portion of the province, or even an expansion of this age interval / Mestrado / Geologia e Recursos Naturais / Mestra em Geociências

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Microtubules (MT) are regulated by multiple categories of proteins, including proteins responsible for severing MTs that are therefore called MT-severing proteins. Studies of katanin, spastin, and fidgetin in animal systems have clarified that these proteins are MT-severing. However, studies in plants have been limited to katanin p60, and little is known about spastin or fidgetin and their function in plants. I looked at plant genomes to identify MT-severing protein homologues to clarify which severing proteins exist in plants. I obtained data from a variety of eukaryotic species to look for MT-severing proteins using homology to human proteins and analyzed these protein sequences to obtain information on the evolution of MT-severing proteins in different species. I focused this analysis on MT-severing proteins in the maize and Arabidopsis thaliana genomes. I created evolutionary phylogenetic trees for katanin-p60, katanin-p80, spastin, and fidgetin using sequences from animal, plant, and fungal genomes. I focused on Arabidopsis spastin and worked to understand its functionality by identifying protein interaction partners. The yeast two-hybrid technique was used to screen an Arabidopsis cDNA library to identify putative spastin interactors. I sought to confirm the putative protein interactions by using molecular tools for protein localization such as the YFP system. Finally, a Biomolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) assay was initiated as a proof of concept for confirmation of in vivo protein-protein interaction.

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<p> The urgency for deeper knowledge about nervous system function and dysfunction has never been greater. With increasing rates of mental disorders and expanding healthcare costs, deciphering details of axonal development is essential to meeting this imperative. Models of neuronal growth are improving as roles of microtubules and motor proteins surface. However, traditional motor protein studies focus on intracellular cargo transport, leaving deficits in knowledge about how these proteins organize cytoskeletal filaments in the axon and growth cone during neuronal development. Inconsistent findings on microtubule activity in growing axons also leave gaps in quantitative assessments of microtubule translocation and assembly, limiting the ability to construct a comprehensive model of axonal elongation.</p> The goal of this study was to provide a more complete neuronal growth cone model by determining how individual microtubule translocation and assembly, mass microtubule movements, and motor protein activity contribute to axonal elongation. The underlying mechanisms of these processes were investigated by testing the roles of dynein and microtubule dynamics in axonal elongation of <i>Aplysia </i><i>californica </i>neurons using transillumination, fluorescent speckle, and super-resolution microscopy. Pharmacologically inhibiting either dynein activity or microtubule assembly reduced both bulk and individual microtubule anterograde translocation and neurite elongation rates. Suppressing both processes simultaneously had compensatory rather than additive effects. Super-resolution imaging also revealed fewer dynein motors co-localized with microtubules when microtubule assembly was inhibited. These results strongly suggest that disrupting microtubule assembly blocks neurite outgrowth partly because it inhibits dynein-mediated bulk microtubule translocation.

Sorted patterned ground are a group of periglacial microforms which create more or less symmetrical forms due to frost action and especially repeated freeze-thaw cycles. The origin of sorted patterned ground in the Giant Mts. is presumed in late Pleistocene and they are suggested to be recently inactive (with the exception of sorted circles). Their occurrence is linked to the topmost localities with flat surfaces and intense wind action which causes low snow cover and allow deep soil freezing. The submitted diploma thesis deals with the influence of site characteristics (such as microclimatic extremity, terrain morphology and lithology) on morphology and sorting degree of sorted patterned ground. Field research was carried out along a transect tracing the microclimatic extremity gradient (represented by altitude and so-called relative snow height) in area of Mt. Luční hora in the eastern part of the Giant Mts. which in relatively homogeneous from the viewpoint of lithology and wind exposure. The transect was further extended across the Modré sedlo Saddle to the Mt. Studniční hora where there also occur various types of fossil sorted patterned ground or quasi- active sorted circles in the Modré sedlo Saddle, respectively. However, there is a variability of lithological as well as altitude...

Impact craters are formed when a large meteorite or comethits the Earth. At the impact a shock wave is released causingabundant fracturing in the surrounding bedrock. This type offracturing is intense and occurs throughout a very large volume(&gt;100 km3) of the bedrock. Fractures of this type have beenobserved in deep drilling, to 5 km depth, in thePuchezh-Katunki Impact Crater. At theses depths the ambienttemperature is high. Thus impact structures are candidates forpotential heat-exchange sources for extraction of geothermalenergy. There is a relation between fracture intensity and electricresistivity in bedrock predominated by impact-generatedfractures. In crystalline bedrock changes in electricresistivity is mainly due to fracturing which is the mainsource of porosity in these rocks. Electric resistivity methodsare highly sensitivity to porosity. Furthermore highfracture-intensities have generally been associated with lowelectric resistivity. Electro-magnetic methods like Very LowFrequency Resistivity (VLF-R) and Magnetotellurics (MT) canindirectly measure electric resistivity to relatively largedepths in the bedrock. This study will quantify the relationship between fractureintensity and electric resistivity which can be used as aprospecting tool for geothermal energy resources at largedepth. To meet that end, a method for fracture mapping on outcropsin Swedish terrain and a method to calculate thethree-dimensional fracture frequency from two-dimensionalfracture data has been developed. The fracture traces measuredin two dimensions on outcrops are assumed to represent avertical surface and must be converted to a three-dimensionalmeasure of the fracture frequency per unit volume. Spacing, dipand trace length of fractures have been accounted for. Thebiases associated with the mapping method have also beenaccounted for (II). The correlation between impact-induced fracturing andelectric resistivity in crystalline rocks in the Lockne Areashows that the extent of impact fracturing in crystalline rockscan be measured with electro-magnetic or electric techniques.In addition the electric resistivity of crystalline basementand impact generated Tandsby Breccia from the Lockne Craterwere determined (I). The relation between fracture frequency and electricresistivity in fresh water conditions using the VLF-R method isestablished from data collected from both two drill holes andfrom numerous outcrops in the Björkö region. Apreliminary quantification of the fracture frequency has beenmade. The MT resistivity models, related to the two drillholes, show that porosity and mineral-conductivity variationsof the bedrock affect this relation more than the salinityvariations in the bore-hole fluid. Further research is neededto establish a firm relation between fracture frequency,salinity of rock fluid, conductivity and porosity in order tovalidate the MT resistivity models (III). Keywords:Electric resistivity, Fracture frequency,Impact generated fractures, Electro-magnetic techniques, VLF-Rmethod, MT method, Window-mapping technique, Three-dimensionalfracture calculations, heat-exchange structure, geothermalenergy.