A Quartz Syenite Intrusion in the New Jersey Highlands

A Sheel of clinopyroxene quartz syenite, in the PrecambrianHighlands of New Jersey near Berkshire Valley, transects structuraltrends in surrounding gneisses that have been metamorphosedto the hornblende granulite subfacies. The quartz syenite lacksfoliation, lineation, and visible layering. The rock has hypautomorphic-granular texture and is composedchiefly of mesoperthite, quartz, and ferrohedenbergite. Locallyfayalite or hornblende are common. Accessory minerals includeplagioclase and potassium feldspar, zircon, apatite, magnetite,ilmenite, covellite, and pyrite. Contour maps based on modesof thirty-six specimens of quartz syenite indicate progressiveincrease in quartz content and corresponding decrease in maficmineral content from east to west. These modal variations suggestsome degree of gravitational settling of crystals. Althoughthe rock is chemically similar to many Precambrian syenitesin eastern North America, it is distinguished from them by anextremely high Fe/Mg ratio. It is believed that the quartz syenite was intruded as a magmaduring the late stages of folding of the host gneisses. Themagma was highly undersaturated with respect to H₂O during mostof the course of crystallization. Initial H₂O content was probablyfar less than 0.5 weight per cent. Crystallization of most ofthe mass occurred at temperatures well in excess of 800°Cand at load pressures well in excess of 2.5 kilobars. The magmawas probably derived by deep-seated anatexis of Fe-rich, Mg-poorsyenitic gnessies that are now widely exposed in the New JerseyHighlands.     

Magma Storage Region Processes Inferred from Geochemistry of Fe-Ti Oxides in Andesitic Magma, Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, W.I.

Analyses of Fe–Ti oxides help constrain models of magmastorage region processes for the Soufrière Hills Volcano,Montserrat (W.I.), and provide clear evidence of the natureof transient heating events in the magma storage region. Toconstrain timescales of magma heating and remobilization, theTiO₂ zoning patterns in a time series of natural titanomagnetiteswere compared with those produced in controlled phase equilibriumexperiments on the andesite. Most samples of andesite eruptedfrom 1995 to 2002 contain titanomagnetite crystals with uniformcore compositions (TiO₂     

Petrology of Biotite-Cordierite-Garnet Gneiss of the McCullough Range, Nevada II. P-T-aH2O Path and Growth of Cordierite During Late Stages of Low-P Granulite-Grade Metamorphism

Thermodynamic calculations based on addition of mass balanceequations to the Gibbs Method (Spear, 1986) are used to modelthe cordierite-producing reaction in pelitic gneiss from theMcCullough Range, southern Nevada. Calculations which treatthe model paragenesis as a system open to transfer of H₂O areconsistent with textural relations. Results indicate that cordieritegrew by the continuous net-transfer reaction: 0?76 BIO+1?72 SILL+3? 55 QTZ+0?27 PLG+0?005 GRT +0?06Al₂R²⁺_–1Si_–1[BIO]1?02 KSP+0?76 H₂O +0?30 FeMg_–1[CRD]+0?15FeMg_–1[BIO]+0?0005 FeMg_–1[GRT] +0?005 CaNaAl_–1Si_–1[PLG] with decreasing P, decreasing T, and increasing a_H2O The steepretrograde dP/dT path for these low-pressure granulites contrastswith isobaric cooling paths typical of higher pressure granulites,and suggests uplift and erosion were active during Proterozoicgranulite-grade metamorphism in this area.     

The Udo tuff cone, Cheju Island, South Korea: transformation of pyroclastic fall into debris fall and grain flow on a steep volcanic cone slope

The Udo tuff cone of Cheju Island, South Korea, is a middle Pleistocene basalt tuff cone that has formed by early Surtseyan-type eruptions and later drier hydroclastic eruptions. The tuff cone comprises steep (20–30°) and planar beds of lapillistone, lapilli tuff and tuff that can be grouped into seven sedimentary facies (A-G). Facies A and B comprise continuous to lenticular layers of grain-supported and openwork lapillistone that are inversely graded and coarsen downslope. They suggest emplacement by grain flows that are maintained by gravity-induced stress and grain collisions. Facies C includes poorly sorted, crudely bedded and locally inversely graded lapilli tuff, also suggestive of rapid deposition from highly concentrated grain flows. Facies D includes thinly stratified and mantle-bedded tuff that was probably deposited by fallout of wind-borne ash. Other facies include massive lapilli tuff (Facies E), chaotic lapilli tuff (Facies F) and cross-bedded tuffaceous sandstone (Facies G) that were deposited by resedimentation processes such as debris flow, slide/slump and stream flow, respectively. The grain flows that produced Facies A, B and C are interpreted to have originated from falling pyroclasts, which initially generated highly dispersed, saltating avalanches, in which momentum was transferred by the particles themselves. This transport mechanism is similar to that of debris fall. As the slope gradient was too low to maintain a highly dispersed flow, the debris fall decelerated and contracted due to a decrease in dispersive pressure. The mode of momentum transfer changed to one of collision because contraction of the debris fall resulted in an increase in particle concentration. This transport mechanism is similar to that of common grain flows. Grain segregation occurred in several ways. Initial segregation of ash from lapilli occurred due to their differing terminal fall velocities, and their contrasting degrees of sliding friction with the bed. Percolation of ash into interstices of lapilli during flow (kinematic sieving) augmented further segregation of ash from lapilli. The latter process, along with a dispersive pressure effect, gave rise to vertical inverse size grading. Downdip inverse grading was produced by particle overpassing.     

ON THE FISSURE DEPOSITS OF CHINGHSINGHSIEN(井陘县) WITH REMARKS ON THE CENOZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE SAME AREA

In August 1933, the writers of the present paper were sent by the Geological Survey to Chinghsinghsien along the Chengtai Railway, on the Hopei and Shansi border, to examine the long known but not sufficiently surveyed     

ON SOME NEOLITHIC (AND POSSIBLY PALAEOLITHIC) FINDS IN MONGOLIA,SINKIANG AND WEST CHINA

In the course of the past two years,when they were in the field with theThird American (1930) and the Haardt-Citroen (1931) Central Asiatic Expedi-tions,the authors of the present note had opportunities for making a series ofarchaeological observations over an extensive area.It seems interesting to report     

On Two New Saurischians From Lufeng,Yunnan

正 The so far described Saurischians,Lufengosaurus huenei,L.magnus,Yunnanosaurus huangi and Gyposaurus sinenensis~1 from die Red Beds ofLufeng,Yunnan,belong all to the sub-order Prosauropoda.In die present     

四川歌乐山哺乳动物群

四川歌乐山洞穴沉积中之哺乳动物化石,为除万县之洞穴沉积以外最丰富之‘剑齿象—熊猫动物群’之材料。其中包括三十五属,共四十一种分属於八目内,中有新属新种二及新种八。分析此化石地点所代表者均属一动物群,仅第五十一地点有较古老型之动物之存在。若与华南各地如四川万县,广西武呜,云南富民,江苏丹阳及江西乐平之洞穴沉积中之化相比较可知俱为同一时期之动物。其主要之代表竹鼠,豪猪,熊,虎,剑齿象,貘,犀,猪等统之‘剑齿象—熊猫动物群’。此动物群与北京附近周口店之洞穴沉积为同一时期者。王林(G.H.R.von Koenigswald)及寇鲁伯(E.H.Colbert)称此动物群为“中国—马来动物群”与时代更老之下更新统之“印度—马来动物群”不同。但动物之发源与迁移常来往频烦,殊不限于一个方向之移入或迁出。故某一动物群之是否原生常就其中所具代表性之动物移入成份之多寡而决定之。歌乐山之动物群,亦即‘剑齿象—熊猫动物群’为一原生华南之动物群,受华北,印度及爪哇三方面动物移入之混合组成。其中以华北移入之份子较多,但此种参加之份子不足以影响此动物群之原生性。如标准之北方动物,兔,骆驼,马及羚羊等在此并无发现。而原生南方之剑齿象,熊猫,貘...     

On the Reptilian Remains from Weiyuan,Szechuan,China C.C.YOUNG

The following described reptilian remains were unearthed from the vicinity of Weiyuan’ by Mr. H. H. Yao of the National Geological Survey of China when he worked as a member of a geological party under the leadership of Dr. T. K. Huang in 1939. Most of the remains were collected from locality 1 and locality 6, as Yao     

A new lead mine in the northern Pennines

Plans by Durham County Council, owners of the Killhope Lead Mining Centre in Weardale, to open parts of the oroginal underground workings of Park Level Mine to visitors were frustrated when exploration of the mine revealed the seriously collapsed state of the workings. This disappointment has now been turned to advantage by the building of a new, 'artificial', specially constructed mine on the site, planned to be geologically consistent with the original mine. The new mine was recently officially opened by Tony Blair MP.