The late orogenic timing of mineralisation in some slate belt gold deposits,Victoria, Australia

Gold mineralisation in classic Australian slate belt gold deposits at Ballarat, Bendigo, St. Arnaud and Inglewood occurred very late in the orogenic history of these rocks rather than during formation of the main slaty cleavage. This has been revealed through the examination of microstructural relationships in gold-bearing quartz veins and their host rocks from these deposits, which has established a D₁ to D₄ deformation-stage history and consistent timing for gold mineralisation over a wide area. The gold was deposited synorogenically but during the fourth deformation stage (D₄) of the orogeny, a relatively weak event occurring two deformations after the main slaty cleavage producing event, D₂. Previously, D₂ had been regarded as both the source and control of gold mineralisation as most of the quartz veins that occur in these deposits formed before or during this deformation event. However, most gold is hosted in breccia veins that formed during D₄. The wallrock clasts within these breccia veins contain a young rotated foliation and the breccia veins are spatially associated with a paragenetically consistent alteration of the host rocks in the deposits. This alteration both crosscuts and preferentially mineralises wallrock S₄ allowing the timing of the breccia veins, alteration and gold deposition to be defined as syn-D₄ in age.     

Lewis Ponds, a hybrid carbonate and volcanic-hosted polymetallic massive sulphide deposit, New South Wales, Australia

The Lewis Ponds Zn–Pb–Cu–Ag–Au deposit, located in the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, central western New South Wales, exhibits the characteristics of both volcanic-hosted massive sulphide and carbonate-hosted replacement deposits. Two stratabound massive to disseminated sulphide zones, Main and Toms, occur in a tightly folded Upper Silurian sequence of marine felsic volcanic and sedimentary rocks. They have a combined indicated resource of 5.7 Mt grading 3.5% Zn, 2.0% Pb, 0.19% Cu, 97 g/t Ag and 1.9 g/t Au. Main Zone is hosted by a thick unit of poorly sorted mixed provenance breccia, limestone-clast breccia and quartz crystal-rich sandstone, whereas Toms Zone occurs in the overlying siltstone. Pretectonic carbonate–chalcopyrite–pyrite and quartz–pyrite stringer veins occur in the footwall porphyritic dacite, south of Toms Zone. Strongly sheared dolomite–chalcopyrite–pyrrhotite veins directly underlie the Toms massive sulphide lens. The mineralized zones consist predominantly of pyrite, sphalerite and galena. Paragenetically early framboidal, dendritic and botryoidal pyrite aggregates and tabular pyrrhotite pseudomorphs of sulphate occur throughout the breccia and sandstone beds that host Main Zone, but are rarely preserved in the annealed massive sulphide in Toms Zone. Main and Toms zones are associated with a semi-conformable hydrothermal alteration envelope, characterized by texturally destructive chlorite-, dolomite- and quartz-rich assemblages. Dolomite, chlorite, quartz, calcite and sulphides have selectively replaced breccia and sandstone beds in the Main Zone host sequence, whereas the underlying porphyritic dacite is weakly sericite altered. Vuggy and botryoidal textures resulted from partial dissolution of the dolomite-altered sedimentary rocks and unimpeded growth of base metal sulphides, carbonate and quartz into open cavities. The intense chlorite-rich alteration assemblage, underlying Toms Zone, grades outward into a weak pervasive sericite–quartz assemblage with distance from the massive sulphide lens. Limestone clasts and hydrothermal dolomite at Lewis Ponds are enriched in light carbon and oxygen isotopes. The dolomite yielded ¹³C_VPDB values of –11 to +1 and ¹⁸O_VSMOW values of 6 to 16. Liquid–vapour fluid inclusions in the dolomite have low salinities (1.4–7.7 equiv. wt% NaCl) and homogenization temperatures (166–232°C for 1,000 m water depth). Dolomitization probably involved fluid mixing or fluid–rock interactions between evolved heated seawater and the limestone-bearing facies, prior to and during mineralization. ³⁴S_VCDT values range from 2.0 to 5.0 in the massive sulphide and 3.9 to 7.4 in the footwall carbonate–chalcopyrite–pyrite stringer veins, indicating that the hydrothermal fluid may have contained mamgatic sulphur and a component of partially reduced seawater. The sulphide mineral assemblages at Lewis Ponds are consistent with moderate to strongly reduced conditions during diagenesis and mineralization. Low temperature dolomitization of limestone-bearing facies in the Main Zone host sequence created secondary porosity and provided a reactive host for fluid-rock interactions. Main Zone formed by lateral fluid flow and sub-seafloor replacement of the poorly sorted breccia and sandstone beds. Base metal sulphide deposition probably resulted from dissolution of dolomite, fluid mixing and increased fluid pH. Pyrite, sphalerite and galena precipitated from a relatively low temperature, 150–250°C hydrothermal fluid. In contrast, Toms Zone was emplaced into fine-grained sediment at or near the seafloor, above a zone of focused up-flowing hydrothermal fluids. Copper-rich assemblages were deposited in the Toms Zone footwall and massive sulphide lenses in Main and Toms zones as the hydrothermal system intensified. During the D₁ deformation, fracture-controlled fluids within the Lewis Ponds fault zone and adjacent footwall volcanic succession remobilized sulphides into syntectonic quartz veins. Lewis Ponds is a rare example of a synvolcanic sub-seafloor hydrothermal system developed within fossiliferous limestone-bearing facies. The close spatial association between limestone, hydrothermal dolomite, massive sulphide and dacite provides a basis for new exploration targets elsewhere in New South Wales.Editorial handling: D. Lentz     

Sub-sea-floor metamorphism,heat and mass transfer

The ophiolitic rocks of E. Liguria, Italy contain a spilitic metamorphic assemblage sequence, cross-cut by hydrothermal veins, which developed in the oceanic environment. Metamorphic parageneses indicate that temperatures as high as 400°C were realised at depths as shallow as 300 m below the original rock/water interface. The inferred temperature interval was equivalent to a geothermal gradient of 1300°C/km.It is suggested that metamorphism took place in a sub-sea-floor geothermal system, and that such systems are an integral part of the sea-floor spreading process. Modern evidence is provided to support this hypothesis, and to suggest that heavy metal rich solutions discharged from such systems are responsible for the formation of a metal enriched sedimentary component. A unified model of sub-sea-floor metamorphism and mass transfer is proposed, and possible differences between sub-sea-floor and terrestial geothermal systems are discussed. In the light of the model, the origins of certain aspects of bedded cherts found associated with ophiolitic rocks, of ophiolitic massive sulphide deposits and of certain trace element patterns are considered.     

Sulfur isotopes and the origin of stibnite mineralisation in New England,Australia

Stibnite mineralisation in the antimony province of New England can be divided into Central type ores (veins of stibnite + quartz ± berthierite) and Peripheral type ores of stibnite + quartz + native antimony ± berthierite. The Central stibnites have ³⁴S_CDT values of –5±2 (1) which may represent equilibrium precipitation from mantle sulfur at about 200°C. Peripheral stibnites have ³⁴S values between 0 and –25, with a large group at 0±2. They represent precipitation from a limited supply of mantle sulfur and the acquisition of sedimentary sulfur. We consider that the different ore types were produced from distinct ore solutions derived from two immiscible melts. These originated in the deep mantle, were mobilised by tectonic activity and supplied the antimony and most of the sulfur to the ores.     

Gold mineralization in As-rich mesothermal gold ores of the Bogosu-Prestea mining district of the Ashanti Gold Belt,Ghana: remobilization of “invisible” gold

The Bogosu-Prestea mining district of southwestern Ghana is a 33 km section of the Early Proterozoic Ashanti Gold Belt. Greenschist facies carbonaceous and carbonate-bearing turbidites and greywackes, and mafic dikes host numerous economic mesothermal gold deposits. Structurally higher ores in the Bogosu concession have brittle deformation and consist of disseminated-sulphide lodes in tectonically-disrupted sedimentary rocks and carbonate-altered mafic dikes. Most gold occurs as micrometre-size particles in arsenian pyrite, and as invisible gold in arsenian pyrite and arsenopyrite. The structurally deeper ores of the adjoining Prestea concession are associated with brittle-ductile deformation and consist of extensive crack-seal quartz-veins and graphitic shear zones. Only minor amounts of invisible gold were detected; in these deeper lodes, gold occurs dominantly as abundant microscopic and larger particles in sulphide/arsenide minerals and in gangue. The gold distribution patterns revealed by SIMS microprobe analysis and ion maps, EMP and colour staining suggest that most of the primary gold in the Bogosu-Prestea system precipitated in solid-solution with sulphide/arsenide minerals. However, post-depositional concentration and redistribution occurred, in increasing degree with: 1) increase in metamorphic/hydrothermal gradients in the gold system (depth), 2) decrease in the refractory properties of the host mineral, and 3) increase in the amount of post-depositional, host-mineral recrystallization and deformation. Gold evolved from primary solid-solution within sulphide/arsenide minerals, to colloidal and micrometre-size particles concentrated in voids, fractures and internal grain boundaries, and finally to microscopic and larger particles at sulphide/arsenide grain margins and in the gangue assemblage. The general conclusions presented here are applicable to As-rich gold deposits of all ages, worldwide. The presence of gold in late fractures is insufficient evidence for late-stage introduction of gold in mesothermal gold systems.     

Tourmaline mineralization in the Barberton greenstone belt,South Africa: early Archean metasomatism by evaporite-derived boron

Tourmaline-rich rocks are common in the lowgrade, interior portions of the Barberton greenstone belt of South Africa, where shallow-marine sediments and underlying altered basaltic and komatiitic lavas contain up to 50% tourmaline. The presence of tourmaline-bearing rip-up clasts, intraformational tourmalinite pebbles, and tourmaline-coated grains indicates that boron mineralization was a low-temperature, surficial process. The association of these lithologies with stromatolites, evaporites, and shallow-water sedimentary structures and the virtual absence of tourmaline in correlative deep-water facies rocks in the greenstone bels strengthens this model.Five tourmaline-bearing lithologic groups (basalts, komatiites, evaporite-bearing sediments, stromatolitic sediments, and quartz veins) are distinguished based on field, petrographic, and geochemical criteria. Individual tourmaline crystals within these lithologies show internal chemical and textural variations that reflect continued growth through intervals of change in bulk-rock and fluid composition accompanying one or more metasomatic events. Large single-crystal variations exist in Fe/Mg, Al/Fe, and alkali-site vacancies. A wide range in tourmaline composition exists in rocks altered from similar protoliths, but tourmalines in sediments and lavas have similar compositional variations. Boron-isotope analysis of the tourmalines suggest that the boron enrichment in these rocks has a major marine evaporitic component. Sediments with gypsum pseudomorphs and lavas altered at low temperatures by shallow-level brines have the highest ¹¹B values (+2.2 to-1.9); lower ¹¹B values of late quartz veins (-3.7 to-5.7) reflect intermediate temperature, hydrothermal remobilization of evaporitic boron. The ¹¹B values of tourmaline-rich stromatolitic sediments (-9.8 and-10.5) are consistent with two-stage boron enrichment, in which earlier marine evaporitic boron was hydrothermally remobilized and vented in shallow-marine or subaerial sites, mineralizing algal stromatolites. The stromatolite-forming algae preferentially may have lived near the sites of hydrothermal discharge in Archean times.     

Sulphur and sulphate-oxygen isotopes and the origin of the silvermines deposits,Ireland

New sulphur and sulphate-oxygen isotope measurements for the main discordant and stratiform lead-zinc-barite orebodies at Silvermines Co. Tipperary, allow reappraisal of previously offered differing interpretations (Graham, 1970; Greig et al., 1971) of the bearing of sulphur isotopes on the genesis of this important Irish deposit. The following aspects of the data are confirmed: barite ³⁴ S-values range from 17–21, similar to lower Carboniferous seawater sulphate: stratiform sulphide lens pyrites have ³⁴ S-values ranging from –13 to –36; vein sulphide ³⁴ S-values range from –8 to 4; sulphide ³⁴ S-values increase upwards and outwards respectively in the related discordant and stratiform G orebodies; galena-sphalerite isotope palaeotemperatures are not too consistent, ranging from 40 to 430°C (using the calibration of Czamanske and Rye (1974). New facts are as follows: barite ¹⁸O-values range from –13 to –17, stratiform barites ranging from 13 to 14.5; sulphides separated from a single stratiform ore lens hand specimen usually have ³⁴ S_sl > ³⁴ S_ga > ³⁴ S_py; the outward decrease in ³⁴ S-values in the stratiform G orebody is confined to the first few hundred feet only; pyrite ³⁴ S-values progressively increase downwards through one stratiform sulphide orebody; yet variations of 13 occur within a single colloform pyrite structure from another stratiform orebody. It is concluded that there were at least two sources of sulphur, seawater sulphate and deep-seated sulphur. The former was the dominant source of all sulphate and, via biogenic reduction, of the sulphur in the bulk of the stratiform sulphide. The latter was the source of the sulphur in the vein sulphides. There was minimal isotopic interaction between the cool seawater sulphate and the warm unwelling ore fluid sulphur species, even though the latter precipitated under near isotopic equilibrium conditions when the temperature dropped and/or the pH and Eh increased. The lack of isotopic equilibrium between pyrite and ore sulphides in the stratiform ore lenses may result from the latter having precipitated slightly later than the former because of solubility relationships. Overall the present isotopic evidence supports considerable geological evidence favoring a syngenetic origin for the stratiform Silvermines orebodies.     

Nickel tenor variations between Archaean komatiite-associated nickel sulphide deposits, Kambalda ore field, Western Australia: the metamorphic modification model revisited

Summary Geochemical data for 870 ore samples of 14 nickel sulphide (NiS) deposits from throughout the major Archaean Kambalda ore field, Western Australia, reveal highly heterogeneous Ni tenor (wt% Ni in 100wt% sulphide) variation that is difficult to explain solely by magmatic processes. The Ni tenor values for the deposits range from 6.2wt% Ni (Helmut deposit) to 19.7wt% Ni (Carnilya Hill deposit), close to the range for within single deposits (9.7–19.3wt% Ni). Contents of Ni and platinum-group elements (PGE) broadly increase with decreasing Fe and with increasing abundance of metamorphic pyrite+magnetite±silicates. In turn, the abundance of the metamorphic phases appears to be complexly related to structural setting, metamorphic grade, alteration type, and proximity to felsic intrusion. Chondrite-normalised multi-element plots of deposit compositions reveal relative depletions in Au, As, Bi, and Te.The relationship of increasing Ni content with secondary phase abundance indicates a strong role for metamorphic modification in the tenor variation. Replacement of pyrrhotite by pyrite+magnetite±chlorite during oxidation reduced the abundance of Fe sulphide relative to Ni sulphide and increased the Ni tenor of the residual sulphide. The extent of the oxidation reflects the extent of alteration fluid ingress along deformation structures and fabrics during talc-carbonate alteration, regional metamorphism, and felsic intrusion related to D3. The relative depletions of Au, As, Bi and Te combined with relative enrichments of these metals in nearby orogenic gold deposits mean that NiS deposits could represent metal reservoirs for Archaean gold hydrothermal systems.     

A sulphur isotopic study of the Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-Cu deposit,Nordland, northern Norway

The Bleikvassli Zn-Pb-Cu deposit occurs in the Uppermost Allochthon in the Caledonides of northern Norway. The orebody is enclosed in amphibolite-facies schists and gneisses, underlain by amphibolites, and it has been classified as a sediment-hosted massive sulphide (SEDEX) deposit. The stratiform ore is dominantly pyritic, with a basal layer of pyrrhotitic ore. Sulphide veins occur in the footwall. The orebody generally has a limited range of ³⁴S, from 0.3 to 4.5% (x = 2.4 ± 1.2, 1 , n = 26). The lowest ³⁴S values (0.3–2.3) were found in sulphide veins in the footwall and vent proximal stratiform ore. More distal pyritic Zn-Pb ore has heavier average ³⁴S values (up to 4.5). The ore sulphides were deposited from a hydrothermal solution with ³⁴S about 2 perhaps with the incorporation of a minor portion of sulphide from the ambient seawater. The hydrothermal solution probably acquired most of its sulphide from the underlying mixed lithology; notably basaltic rocks. Sulphide produced by thermochemical reduction of seawater in the deep conduit system may also have been incorporated. Bacteriogenic sulphide is not likely as a major source of ore sulphur in the massive ore. Sulphide incorporated in distal pyrite, which have ³⁴S from -12 to-10, could have formed either by oxidation of the hydrothermal sulphide, or by bacterial reduction of seawater sulphate in the depositional environment. Exchange of sulphur isotopes probably took place only on a localized scale during Caledonian metamorphism, the bulk sulphur isotopic composition of the ore being preserved in a hand specimen scale.     

The Kirkland-Larder Lake stratiform carbonatite

The auriferous zone long known as the Larder Lake Break and more recently as the Larder Lake Exhalite is here interpreted as an exhalative kimberlitic carbonatite on the basis of its K, Ba, Sr, Mg, Fe, Cr, Ni and Co contents, and by comparison with similar younger rocks. Gold is believed to have been deposited syngenetically with this stratiform carbonatite and to be genetically related to late Archean tectonic, volcanic, petrochemical, sedimentary and exhalative processes. Rocks of the Timiskaming Series which host the carbonatite appear to represent a post-uplift graben assemblage of sedimentary and alkalic igneous rocks analagous to modern alkalic-carbonatitic complexes located in rifted upwarps. Preliminary data seems to indicate that carbonatite in general has a higher gold abundance than any other rock type, including iron formations and ultramafic rocks. Ferromagnesian carbonatites, the least common variety, may be worthy untested targets for gold exploration programs, particularly if some pyrite or other sulphide mineral is present.     

Lead-isotope evidence for a Hercynian origin of the Salsigne gold deposit (Southern Massif Central,France)

The Salsigne gold deposit contains a complex association of sulphide layers, gold-rich disseminations, quartz-bearing veins and flat reefs, which are hosted by folded and slightly metamorphosed Paleozoic sediments on both sides of a major thrust zone. It is demonstrated that these various Au-As ore types have similar lead-isotope compositions (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 18.22–18.56), which are characteristic of Hercynian ore deposits in the southern Massif Central. The Lower Cambrian to Devonian host rocks and associated Pb-Zn-Ba occurrences display distinctly less radiogenic corrected isotopic signatures (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb = 17.83–17.98), which are characteristic of Cambrian lead in the Montagne-Noire. Concerning the controversial origin of the Salsigne gold mineralization, these results disagree with the former syngenetic hypothesis and support a new model of Hercynian syntectonic gold concentration.This work was supported by BRGM'S scientific program: Le gisement de Salsigne: caractérisation du modèle et évaluation du potentiel aurifère du district     

Oolithische Strukturen in Pyriten des Ventersdorp-Contact-Reefs,Südafrika

Zusammenfassung Oolithische Strukturen in Pyriten des Ventersdorp-Contact-Reefs im Witwatersrand Gebiet, die bisher als radial pyrites beschrieben wurden, zeigen eine starke Ähnlichkeit zu Eisenoolithen der Pretoria Serie des Transvaal Systems. Letztere wurden bereits als primäre Strukturen gedeutet, an deren Bildung Algen wahrscheinlich wesentlich beteiligt waren. Die Verfasser sind der Ansicht, daß sowohl der authigene Kohlenstoff im Ventersdorp- und Witwatersrand System als auch die oolithischen Strukturen in Pyriten des Ventersdorp-Contact-Reefs wahrscheinlich Überbleibsel von primitiven Organismen darstellen, die vor rund 2750×10⁶ Jahren im Sedimentationsbecken des Witwatersrand Systems existierten.

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Oölitic textures present in pyrites of the Ventersdorp Contact Reef at Venterspost Gold Mine, South Africa, which have previously been described as radial pyrites strongly resemble iron oöliths of the Pretoria Series of the Transvaal System. The latter have been considered to be primary textures; a causative connection was believed to have existed between primitive organic life and the formation of these oöliths and related textures. It is suggested that both the authigenic carbonaceous material present in the Ventersdorp- and Witwatersrand Systems and the oölitic textures shown by the pyrite in the Ventersdorp Contact Reef probably represent relicts of an early form of life which existed in the sedimentary basin of the Witwatersrand System some 2,750 × 10⁶ years ago.

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Résumé Les textures oolitiques dans les pyrites du Ventersdorp-Contact-Reef dans la région du Witwatersrand, étant dénommées jusqu'ici «radial pyrites», nous montre une affinité très forte avec oolites ferriques de la série Prétoria du système Transvaal. On a déjà interprété les derniers comme textures primaires; probablement alginite. Suivant l'opinion des auteurs, non seulement le carbone authigène dans le système Ventersdorp et Witwatersrand mais encore les textures oolitiques dans les pyrites du Ventersdorp-Contact-Reef sont probablement des restes des organismes primitifs, ayant existés dans le bassin sédimentaire du système Witwatersrand il y a 2750×10⁶ années.

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Petrology of the alkaline rocks around Sivamalai,Coimbatore District,Tamilnadu, India

The alkaline rocks around Sivamalai are represented by syenites, nepheline syenites and basic alkaline rocks. The syenites are comprised of olivine-pyroxene, pyroxene, hornblende and biotite syenites and syenodiorites, pegmatite phases and quartz syenite. Nepheline syenites include pyroxene, hornblende and biotite bearing varieties. Syenites with pockets of garnet, magnetite or corundum occur in some places between the nepheline syenites and the country rocks represented dominantly by granitic gneisses. The basic alkaline rocks are represented by barkevikite melteigite and they occur as xenoliths amidst the nepheline syenites. The field mineralogical and petrochemical characteristics indicate the igneous nature of these rocks. The syenites and nepheline syenites are inferred to be evolved from pyroxene syenodiorite and barkevikite melteigite respectively. The irregular distribution of garnet and corundum is attributed to the metasomatism of the country rocks by the alkaline magma.

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Zusammenfassung Die alkalischen Gesteine um Sivamalai umfassen Syenite, Nephelinsyenite und basische alkalische Gesteine. Die Syenite sind aus Olivin-Pyroxen, Pyroxen, Hornblende und der Biotitsyenit, Syenodiorit, Pegmatitphasen und Quarzsyenit zusammengesetzt. Die Nephelinsyenite schließen Varietäten mit Pyroxen, Hornblende und die Biotite ein. Syenite mit Granatlinsen, Magnetit oder Korund schalten sich an einigen, Stellen zwischen Nephelinsyenite und die weiter verbreiteten granitischen Gneise. Die basischen Alkaligesteine werden durch barkeviktischen Melteigit vertreten und finden sich als Xenolithe im Nephelinsyenit. Der mineralogische und petrochemische Feldbefund läßt auf eruptiven Charakter dieser Gesteine schließen. Es wird angenommen, daß die Syenite und Nephelinsyenite sich aus Pyroxensyenodiorit und Barkevikitmelteigit entwickelt haben. Die ungleichförmige Verteilung von Granat und Korund wird auf die Metasomatose der umgebenden Gesteine durch alkalisches Magma zurückgeführt.

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Résumé Les roches alcalins autor de Sivamalai sont représentées par des syénites, des syénites éléolitiques et de roches alcalines basiques. Les syénites comprennent des syénites à péridot, pyroxene, hornblende et biotite, et des syénodiorites, des phases pegmatitiques et des syénites quartziféres. Les syénites éléolitiques comprennent des variétés à pyroxene, hornblende et biotite. Des syénites avec poches à grenat, magnétite ou corindon se rencontrent en quelques endroits entre les syénites éléolitiques et les roches encaissantes représentées principalement par gneiss granititiques. Les roches alcalines basiques sont représentées par des melteigites barkévictiques et se rencontrent en enclaves dans les syénites à néphéline. Les caractéristiques sur le terrain, minérologiques et pétrochimiques, indiquent le caractère igné de ces roches. Les syénites et les syénites éléolitiques sont considérées comme dérivant respectivement de syénodiorites pyroxéniques et de melteigites barkévictiques. La répartition irregulière du grenat et du corindon est attribuée à la métasomatose des roches encaissantes sous l'influence du magma alcalin.

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U-Pb zircon age and Nd isotopic composition of granitoids,charnockites and supracrustal rocks from Heimefrontfjella,Antarctica

Heimefrontfjella and Mannefallknausane, in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, comprise an amphibolite-facies terrain and a granulite terrain, separated by a major mylonite zone. The amphibolite terrain is made up of mafic to felsic metavolcanics and metasediments, intruded by granitoid plutons: the granulite terrain has supracrustal rocks with similar lithologies, intruded by felsic plutonic rocks that crystallized as charnockites.U-Pb zircon ages (conventional and ion microprobe) demonstrate that magmatic activity was confined to a relatively short interval between 1130 and 1045 Ma and was followed in the amphibolite terrain by metamorphism around 1060 Ma. Specific ages are as follows: metarhyolite in the amphibolite terrain, 1093 ± 38 Ma; granitoids in the amphibolite terrain, 1045 ± 9 Ma to 1107 ± 16 Ma, charnockites in the granulite terrain, 1073 ± 8 Ma to 1135 ± 8 Ma, metamorphic zircons in garnet amphibolite and a post-metamorphic pegmatite, both 1060 ± 8 Ma. Older zircons were found only in a metasediment which yielded discordant zircon fractions with²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages between 1250 and 1450 Ma, and in a granulite facies metaquartzite, which contained concordant zircons with the following ages: 1104 ± 5 Ma, 1215 ± 15 Ma, 1400 Ma, 1700 Ma, 2000 Ma. The youngest age is interpreted as the age of granulite metamorphism, the older ages as those of detrital zircons.A Sm-Nd mineral isochron age of the garnet amphibolite (960 ± 120 Ma) agrees within error with the U-Pb age of metamorphic zircons (1060 ± 8 Ma). Initial _Nd values (T = 1.1 Ga) for 15 samples range from +4 to–4. The highest came from a metabasalt and two granitoids from Milorgfjella, the northern area; the lowest from the granulite-facies metasediment and from a charnockite, both from Vardeklettane, a nunatak in the south. The positive but subdued values preclude generation directly from depleted MORB-type mantle _Nd + 6 to + 7 at 1.1 Ga) and indicate generation from a source containing older crustal material.

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Zusammenfassung Die Gebiete um Heimefrontfjella und Mannefallknausane in Dronning Maud Land, Antarktis, bestehen aus amphibolith- und granulitfaziellen Grundgebirgskomplexen, die durch eine große Mylonitzone voneinander getrennt sind. Der amphibolithfazielle Komplex besteht aus mafisch bis felsischen Metavulkaniten und Metasedimenten, die von Granitplutonen intrudiert werden. Der Granulitkomplex enthält Suprakrustalgesteine ähnlicher Art, die von Charnockiten intrudiert werden.U-Pb-Alter, die mit der konventionellen Multikorn-Methode und an der Ionen-Mikrosonde an Einzelkörner bestimmt wurden, engen die magmatische Aktivität zwischen 1130 und 1045 Ma ein. Auf diese Periode folgte in dem amphibolithfaziellen Gebiet eine Regionalmetamorphose um 1060 Ma. Die Einzelalter sind wie folgt: in dem amphibolithfaziellen Komplex ergab ein Metarhyolith 1039 ± 38 Ma, während die Granitoide zwischen 1045 ± 9 Ma und 1107 ± 16 Ma variieren. In dem Granulitkomplex wurden die Charnockite auf 1073 ± 8 Ma bis 1135 ± 8 Ma datiert, während metamorphe Zirkone aus einem Granatamphibolith sowie aus einem posttektonischen Pegmatit identische Alter von 1060 ± 8 Ma ergaben. Ältere Komponenten wurden lediglich in einer Metasediment-Probe gefunden, die diskordante Zirkone mit²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb Altern zwischen ca. 1250 und 1450 Ma enthielt, sowie in einem granulitfaziellen Metaquarzit, in dem konkordante Zirkone die folgenden Alter ergaben: 1104 ± 5 Ma, 1215 ± 15 Ma, 1400 Ma, 1700 Ma, 2000 Ma. Das jüngste Zirkonalter aus dem Metaquarzit interpretieren wir als Zeitpunkt der Granulitmetamorphose, während die höheren Alter detritische Komponenten repräsentieren.Eine Sm-Nd Mineralisochrone für einen Granatamphibolith hat ein Alter von 960 ± 120 Ma, das innerhalb der experimentellen Fehler mit einem U-Pb-Alter von 1060 ± 8 Ma für metamorphe Zirkone übereinstimmt. Initiale _Nd-Werte (T = l.1 Ga) für 15 Proben variieren zwischen +4 und -4. Die höchsten Werte wurden für einen Metabasalt und zwei Granitoide von Milorgfjella im nördlichen Arbeitsgebiet bestimmt. Die niedrigsten Werte stammen aus dem granulitfaziellen Metaquarzit und von einem Charnockit, beide aus Vardeklettane, einem Nunatak im Süden. Die leicht positiven Werte lassen eine juvenile Bildung der Wirtsgesteine aus einem MORB-ähnlichen Mantel (_Nd + 6 bis + 7 um 1.1 Ga) nicht zu und deuten ein Ausgangsmaterial mit Komponenten älterer kontinentaler Kruste an.

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Résumé Les régions de Heimefrontfjella et Mannefallknausane situées dans le Dronning Maud Land en Antartique sont formées par deux zones principales à degrés métamorphiques différents: une à faciès amphibolitique et une autre à faciès granulitiques, séparées par une zone mylonitique. Des roches métavolcaniques à composition variant de basique à felsique ainsi que des roches d'origine sédimentaire composent la zone amphibolitique. Elles sont recoupées par des plutons granitiques. La zone granulitique est formée également par des roches d'origine volcanique et sedimentaire qui sont, elles, recoupées par des charnockites.Les mesures d'U-Pb sur zircons (utilisant la méthode conventionnelle et la microsonde ionique) montrent que l'activité magmatique s'est confinée à une période relativement courte entre 1130 Ma et 1045 Ma. Elle a été suivie par un métamorphisme, il y a 1060 Ma, dans la zone amphibolitique. De façon plus détaillée, les âges sont les suivants: dans la zone amphibolitique, rhyolite datée à 1093 ± 38 Ma, granitoïdes datés à 1045 ± 9 Ma et 1107 ± 16 Ma; dans la zone granulitique, charnockites datées entre 1073 ± 8 Ma et 1135 ± 8 Ma, zircons métamorphiques provenant d'une amphibolite à grenat datés à 1060 ± 8 Ma et pegmatite postmétamorphique datée à 1060 ± 8 Ma. Deux roches ont fourni des zircons donnant des âges plus anciens: un sédiment métamorphisé et un metaquartzite. Les âges²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb obtenus pour les fractions discordantes des zircons du metasediment varient entre 1250 et 1450 Ma alors que le metaquartzite contient des zircons concordants avec les âges suivants: 1104±5 Ma, 1215±15Ma, 1400 Ma, 1700 Ma et 2000 Ma. L'âge le plus jeune obtenu pour le métaquartzite est interprété comme représentant l'âge du métamorphisme granulitique alors que les âges plus anciens représentent les âges de zircons détritiques.Une isochrone Sm-Nd sur minéraux a été obtenue sur une amphibolite à grenat. Elle définit un âge de 960 ± 120 Ma qui correspond, aux erreurs près, à l'âge U-Pb des zircons métamorphiques (1060 ± 8 Ma). Les _Ndinitiaux (T = 1,l Ga) obtenus pour 15 échantillons varient entre +4 et –4. Les valeurs les plus élevées ont été obtenues pour un basalte et deux granitoïdes de Milorgfjella situés dans la partie nord; les valeur _Nd les plus faibles proviennent du métasédiment dans la zone granulitique et d'une charnockite. Ces deux échantillons se situent dans le nunatak Vardeklettane dans le Sud. Les _Nd étant positifs mais toutefois plus faibles que la valeur du manteau appauvri à cette période (entre +6 et +7 à 1,1 Ma), une extraction directe du manteau ne peut être retenue et nous suggérons que la région source contenait du matériau crustal plus ancien.

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Heimfreontfjella Mannefallknausane Dronning Maud, , , . , . , ., , 1130 1045 Ma. 1060 . : — 1093±38 Ma, 1045±9 Ma 1107±16 Ma. 1073±8 Ma 1135±8 Ma, - 1060±8 Ma. , , 1250 1450 Ma. : 1104±5 Ma, 1215±15 Ma, 1400 Ma, 1700 Ma 2000 Ma. , , , . Sm-Nd, -, 960±120 Ma, , - 1060±8 Ma. Nd (T=1,1 ) 15 + 4 — 4. Milogrfjella . , Vardeklettane . , MORB (Nd + 6 + 7, 1,1 ); .

     

Focal mechanisms of the Atlas earthquakes,and tectonic implications

The determination of the focal mechanisms of the strongest shocks in the Atlas chain and the Canary Islands area reveals that the present-day tectonics along this range is a compression reflected either by reverse or dextral strike-slip faulting along the ENE-WSW trends. All the solutions are consistent with: 1. the other focal mechanism solutions determined further north in the Azores-Gibraltar, Alboran, Rif and Tell areas; 2. the NNW to NW trending compression inferred from other methods such as neotectonics,in situ stress field measurements and plate motions.

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Zusammenfassung Die Bestimmung des Erdbebenherdmechanismus der stärksten Beben im Atlasgebirge und des Gebietes der Kanarischen Inseln gibt zu erkennen, daß die aktuellen tektonischen Bewegungen entlang dieses Bereiches kompressiv wirksam sind. Dies zeigt sich entweder anhand von Überschiebungen oder an dextralen Blattverschiebungen. Alle Ergebnisse sind übereinstimmend mit: 1. den anderen Erdbebenherdmechanismen weiter im Norden liegender Regionen (Azoren - Gibraltar, Alboran, Rif und Tell); 2. die nach NNW bis NW wirkende Kompression, welche von anderen Methoden abgeleitet wurde (Neotektonik,in-situ Spannungsmessungen und Plattenkinematik).

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Résumé La détermination des mécanismes au foyer des séismes les plus importants de la chaîne atlasique et des îles Canaries révèle que la situation tectonique actuelle le long de cette chaîne est une compression reflétée par le jeu de failles soit inverses, soit décrochantes dextres le long des accidents ENE-WSW. Toutes les solutions sont compatibles avec: (1) les autres mécanismes déterminés plus au nord, dans les régions d'Açores-Gibraltar, Alboran, Rif et Tell; (2) la compression orientée NNW-SSE à NW-SE déterminée à l'aide d'autres méthodes comme la néotectonique, les mesures de contraintesin situ et la cinématique des plaques.

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Trace elements in the Singhbhum granite,India

A study of the trace elements in the Singhbhum granite from its northern borders (Saraikela) and the central mass (Chaibasa) reveals that there are differences not only in the limit of concentration but also in their behaviour. It is found that while correlating with the petrographic and also the major elements behaviour, the trace elements always do not mark an increase or decrease during the various stages of the evolution of the Singhbhum granite. The behaviour of the trace-elements as revealed from the previous studies relating to both igneous and metamorphic rocks, is significant in working out the physico-chemical factors involved in the genesis of rocks. In the magmatic rocks, the trace elements obviously follow a trend and go in accordance withGoldschmidt's principles of camouflage, capture and admission. In the present study such uniformities are not found. The present study reveals firstly, the different nature of chemical gradients formed by these elements during different geological environments; secondly, the mutual relationships and the ratio of certain traceelements in the different associations, indicating the original heterogeneity of these rocks and their formation under different geological as well as physico-chemical conditions. It has been concluded (Roonwal, 1968) that the rocks studied here as representing parts of Singhbhum granite do not form one granite series as referred to byRead. In fact they represent rocks formed from material having originally different lithological composition.The trace elements determined for the present study are Va, Cr, Ga, Y, In, Sc, Co, Ni, Cu, Ba, Sr, Sn, Pb and Zr. Among these Ga, Y, In and Sc do not show the normal behaviour viz., Ga should be more in granites but is found to be more in the basic representatives. Y is also more in the basic parts than in the granites. The present granites are very poor in In. Similarly whilst the granites should not normally be rich in Sc, in the present case the distribution of Sc in basic representatives as well as the true granitic parts is more or less uniform. The behaviour of Cu limits the application ofGoldschmidt's rule to magmatic rocks. The behaviour of other elements is normal. Pb shows an antipathic relationship with K⁺ and Ca⁺² and indicates that it has not changed the position due to granitization. An inverse relationship between Zr⁺⁴ and Si⁺⁴ is observed which indicates the formation of zircon and has been in conformity with mineralogy of the rocks.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Untersuchung der Spurenelemente in Gesteinen aus den nördlichen Randgebieten (Saraikela) und der zentralen Masse (Chaibasa) des Singhbhum-Granites zeigte, daß Unterschiede nicht nur hinsichtlich der Konzentrationsgrenzen, sondern auch im Verhalten der Spurenelemente bestehen. Bei einer Korrelation des petrographischen Verhaltens mit dem der Hauptelemente wurde festgestellt, daß die Spurenelemente im allgemeinen keine Zu- oder Abnahme während der verschiedenen Evolutionsstadien aufweisen. Das Verhalten der Spurenelemente, ersichtlich aus früheren Untersuchungen von Intrusiv- und metamorphen Gesteinen, ist bedeutsam für die Feststellung der physiko-chemischen Faktoren, welche bei der Genese der Gesteine mitwirkten. In magmatischen Gesteinen folgen die Spurenelemente offensichtlich dem Trend vonGoldschmidts Regel der Camouflage, capture and admission. Bei der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurde eine solche Übereinstimmung nicht festgestellt. Die Untersuchung enthüllt erstens eine durch diese Elemente während verschiedener geologischer Umweltverhältnisse hervorgerufene verschiedene Natur der chemischen Gradienten und ließ zweitens ein gegenseitiges Verhältnis und das Verhältnis gewisser Spurenelemente in verschiedenen Gesteinsgesellschaften erkennen, was auf die ursprüngliche Heterogenität dieser Gesteine und deren Bildung unter verschiedenen geologischen sowie physiko-chemischen Bedingungen hinweist. Es wurde daraus geschlossen (Roonwal, 1968), daß die untersuchten Gesteine, welche den typischen Singhbhum-Granit repräsentieren sollen, nicht nachRead eine einzige Granitserie bilden, sondern daß sie Gesteine darstellen, welche ursprünglich aus Material verschiedener lithologischer Zusammensetzung stammen.Für diese Untersuchung wurden die folgenden Spurenelemente bestimmt: Va, Cr, Ga, Y, In, Sc, Co, Ni, Cu, Ba, Sr, Sn, Pb, Zr. Von diesen zeigen Ga, In und Sc nicht das normale Verhalten, da Ga eigentlich in größeren Mengen in Graniten auftreten sollte, was jedoch im vorliegenden Falle für die basischen Gesteinsvertreter zutrifft. Ebenfalls ist Y zahlreicher in den letzteren Vertretern vorhanden. Die vorliegenden Granite sind sehr arm an In, während sie andererseits normalerweise auch nicht reich an Sc sein sollten. Hier ist die Verteilung von Sc in den basischen Vertretern sowie auch in den wirklichen Granitanteilen mehr oder weniger gleichmäßig. Das Verhalten von Cu schränkt die Anwendung vonGoldchmidts Regel in bezug auf magmatische Gesteine ein. Das Verhalten anderer Elemente ist normal; Pb zeigt eine antipathische Beziehung zu K⁺¹ und Ca⁺², was darauf hinweist, daß es als Folge der Granitisation seine Position nicht geändert hat. Es wurde ein umgekehrtes Verhältnis zwischen Zr⁺⁴ und Sr⁺⁴ beobachtet, was auch die Bildung von Zirkon beweist und was durchaus der Mineralogie dieser Gesteine entspricht.

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Résumé L'étude des éléments mineurs (traces) des roches de la région septentrionale aux environs de Saraikela et des massifs centraux de Chaibasa révèle une différence, non seulement dans le mode de concentration des éléments, mais également dans leurs caractères. Il apparaît, d'après la corrélation des études pétrographiques et les éléments principaux (major), que les éléments mineurs n'ont subit aucune augmentation ou diminution pendant les différentes phases de l'évolution.Le comportement des éléments mineurs, selon des études antérieurs de roches éruptives et de roches métamorphiques, est significatif dans la détermination des facteurs physico-chimiques qui contribuèrent à la génèse de ces gisements. Quant aux roches d'origine magmatique, les éléments mineurs suivent apparemment la tendance au principe deGoldschmidt « camouflage, envahissement et admission ». Mais l'étude actuelle n'a pas permis d'établir une telle conformité.L'étude de ces éléments révèle: premièrement, les différents caractères d'ordre chimique pendant les époques géologiques; deuxièmement les relations mutuelles et les rapports de certains éléments mineurs dans différentes associations; ceci indique l'hétérogénéité primordiale de ces roches et leur formation sous diverses conditions d'ordre géologique et physico-chimique.En conclusion (Roonwal, 1968), les roches étudiées figurant le granite-type de Singhbhum, ne forment pas la moindre série de granite — comme le ditRead — mais constituent des roches engendrées par les matériaux de différentes compositions lithologiques.De par ces études, il a été déterminé les éléments suivants: Va, Cr, Ga, Y, In, Sc, Co, Ni, Cu, Ba, Sr, Sn, Pb et Zr. Parmi ces éléments, Ga, In et Sc ne se rencontrent pas de façon normale puisque Ga devrait en réalité être plus répandu dans les roches granitiques ce qui pourtant s'avère dans le cas du substitut basique. De même, y se trouve en plus grande quantité dans les derniers substituts. Les granites de la région sont pauvres en In et riches en Sc — bien que le contraire soit attendu en ce qui concerne le Sc. Ici, la distribution de Sc, aussi bien dans les substituts basiques que dans les roches granitiques est plus ou moins régulière. Le comportement du Cu suit l'application de la loi deGoldschmidt sur les roches magnétiques; celui des autres éléments est normal; le plomb montre de l'antipathie pour les ions K⁺ et Ca⁺², ceci indique qu'il n'a pas changé sa position par suite de la granitisation du magma. On observe une relation inverse entre Zr⁺⁴ et Sr⁺⁴, relation indiquant la formation de zircon en concordance avec la minéralogie de ces roches.

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Sakaikela Chaibasa Singhbum , , . , , , . , , - , . : Camoflage, capture and admission. . , , -, , , , - , , , - . (Roonwal, 1968), , Singhbum, Read'a , , , . : V, Cr, Ga, Y, In, Sc, Co, Ni, Cu, Ba, Sr, Pb, Zr. Ga, In Sc. , Ga , . . In, , . , , . . — . Pb K Ca, , Pb . Zr⁴⁺ Sr⁴⁺, , .

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For a preliminary account, seeRoonwal (1968). The details of petrology and the major elements are being published elsewhere.     

Microcrystalline textures resulting from rapid crystallization in a pseudotachylite melt in a meta-anorthosite

The very fine-grained (1 m) polygonal microcrystalline texture occurring in the groundmass of pseudotachylite veins in the Harris meta-anorthosite and its variation with position are described and an origin by crystallization from a melt at very large undercooling suggested. The intrusive nature of the veins is shown by their geometry and internal structures. Clasts, which are almost always only plagioclase, are generally concentrated towards the centres of veins. Flow of tens of millimetres can account for this concentration in millimetre-thick veins as a result of the Bagnold effect. The veins are generally thin (5 m to 5 mm or more), are frequently zoned and always contain transparent granules of high relief (probably Al-rich pyroxene) and opaque granules of magnetite up to a few micrometres in size. The granules are either uniformly distributed in microcrystalline textures or concentrated locally giving cellular textures. In some veins, spherulitic or bow-tie textures occur. The coarsest textures are found in the centres of the thickest veins. The groundmass of the pseudotachylite is never completely isotropic but consists of a mosaic of transparent plagioclase crystals decreasing in size from the centres of thick veins to less than 1 m in thin veins or in the margins of thicker veins. This fine microcrystalline texture was studied by both scanning and transmission electron microscopy and consists of polyhedral crystals of regular size in the range 0.2–1.5 m, which show little sign of deformation. The local composition of the pseudotachylites varies little from the average compositions of the rocks in optically homogeneous veins, the variation being within the compositional space defined by the minerals of the host rock. This shows that homogenization of the pseudotachylite has occurred. In cellular veinsdifferentiation has occurred as the compositions of the cell centres lie outside those of the minerals of the host rock. This was produced by segregation of the granules, pyroxene being absent from the host rock. The plagioclase in the pseudotachylite is more disordered than that in the host rock. All the microtextures described are absent from the associated cataclasites and cannot be due to recrystallization of a fine-grained and intensely strained rock powder. The physical state on and after intrusion was that of a melt and injection was followed by crystallization. The melt was produced by more or less total fusion of the host rock minerals at shallow depth by heat produced during local faulting and perhaps during crack propagation. The fine microcrystalline texture very closely resembles that produced during hypercooling of molten metals and alloys. It thus possibly formed not by devitrification but from a melt at much greater degrees of undercooling than the spherulitic and bow-tie textures.     

Prediction of hydrocarbons in sedimentary basins

To estimate the undiscovered hydrocarbon potential of sedimentary basins, quantitative play assessments specific for each location in a region may be obtained using geostatistical methods combined with the theory of classification of geological objects, a methodology referred to as regionalization. The technique relies on process modeling and measured borehole data as well as probabilistic methods to exploit the relationship between geology (the predictor) and known hydrocarbon productivity (the target) to define prospective stratigraphic intervals within a basin. It is demonstrated in case studies from the oil-producing region of the western Kansas Pennsylvanian Shelf and the gas-bearing Rotliegend sediments of the Northeast German Basin.     

Probleme der Gliederung präkambrischer,phyllitisch metamorpher Gesteinskomplexe im Hedjaz,Saudi-Arabien

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein kurzer Überblick über den komplexen Gesteinsbestand eines Gebietes im arabischen Grundgebirge des südlichen Hedjaz gegeben. Es zeigte sich, daß die tektonischen, stark überprägten und metamorphen Serien heute noch nicht in das Schema der in der Literatur genannten Serien eingebaut werden können. Diese scheinen sowohl hinsichtlich ihres stofflichen Bestandes wie auch des Zusammenhanges ihrer strukturellen und metamorphen Prägung noch zu wenig gekennzeichnet zu sein.Die im Grundgebirge weit verbreiteten Seitenverschiebungen werden kurz beschrieben und ihr Alter als wahrscheinlich spät-präkambrisch aufgefaßt.

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The paper gives a general view of the different rock series occurring in a mapped area of the basement complex in the southern Hedjaz. The predominant masses of strongly tectonized and epimetamorphic series cannot be correlated with some series, which are named already in the literature of Arabia. These latter series seem defined not sufficiently in their composition and in the relation to their structural and metamorphic development.The wrench movements, wide spread in the Arabian basement, are briefly described and defined as being probably late-precambrian.

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Résumé L'auteur donne un bref aperçu de la composition géologique complexe d'une région du soubassement arabe de l'Hedjaz du Sud. Il s'est avéré qu'à l'heure actuelle les séries fortement tectonisées et métamorphiques ne peuvent encore être intégrées au schéma des séries mentionnées par la littérature. Ces séries semblent être encore trop peu caractérisées en ce qui concerne leur composition ainsi que le rapport entre leurs caractéristiques structurelles et métamorphiques.Les failles horizontales de décrochement, qui sont très répandues dans le soubassement, sont décrites brièvement et définies comme datant probablement de la fin de l'antécambrien.

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Geochemistry of metasedimentary rocks of Uwet area,Oban Massif,southeastern Nigeria

Metasediments comprising phyllites, schists and gneisses constitute the predominant rock types in Uwet area of the Oban Massif of southeastern Nigeria. These rocks which range from middle greenschist to uppermost amphibolite facies grade are products of Barrovian-type regional metamorphism. They are of Pan-African age (600 ± 100 Ma).Mineralogical and chemical data indicate that the metasediments were derived from pelites, semipelites and greywackes. The data, compared to those reported in similar rocks from western Nigeria, confirm that the »schist belt« of Nigeria, composed of metasedimentary rocks, is not confined to the western half of the country but extends to southeastern Nigeria.Metamorphism of Uwet area is basically isochemical. Minor variations in bulk rock chemistry are attributable to facies changes in the deposition of the original sediments and to secondary effects such as addition of secondary quartz and calcite.

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Zusammenfassung Metasedimente, die sich aus Phylliten, Schiefern und Gneis zusammensetzen, sind die vorherrschenden Gesteinstypen in dem Uwetgebiet des Oban Massiv im Südosten Nigerias. Diese Gesteine, die von der mittleren Grünschieferfazies bis zur oberen Amphibolit-Fazies reichen, sind Produkte regionaler Metamorphose des Barrow-Typ. Ihr Alter ist Pan-Afrikanisch (600 ± 100 Ma).Mineralogische und chemische Daten zeigen an, daß die Sedimente von Pelite, Semipelite und Grauwacken stammen. Die Daten, verglichen mit denen ähnlicher Gesteine vom Westen Nigerias, bestätigen, daß sich der Schiefergürtel, der sich aus Metasedimenten zusammensetzt, nicht nur auf die westliche Hälfte des Landes beschränkt, sondern sich bis zum Südosten Nigerias ausdehnt.Metamorphose im Uwetgebiet ist grundlegend isochemisch. Geringe Veränderungen in der Chemie der Gesteine sind Veränderungen der Fazies in der Ablagerung der originalen Sedimente und sekundären Effekten wie Zusatz von sekundärem Quarz und Kalzit zuzuschreiben.

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Résumé Des métasédiments comportant des phyllites, des micaschistes et des gneiss, constituent les types de roches qui prédominent dans la région d'Uwet du Massif d'Oban, dans le sud-est du Nigéria. Ces roches dont le faciès métamorphique s'échelonne depuis celui des schistes verts moyens jusqu'à celui des amphiolites du degré le plus élevé sont les produits d'un métamorphisme régional du type Barrovien. Elles sont d'âge pan-africain (600 ± 100 ma).Les données minéralogiques et chimiques montrent que les métasédiments sont dérivés de pélites, de semi-pélites et de grauwackes. Ces données, comparées, comparées à celles de roches semblables du Nigéria occidental confirment que la zône des schistes cristallins du Nigéria, composée de roches métasédimentaires, ne se limite pas seulement à la moitié occidentale du pays, mais s'éxtend également à sa partie sud-est.Le métamorphisme de la région d'Uwet est fondamentalement isochimique. Des variations mineures dans le chimisme des roches sont attribuées aux variations de facies dans le dépôt des sédiments originaux à certains effets secondaires, comme l'addition de quartz et de calcite secondaires.

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