Intraplate wrench deformation in Iran,Afghanistan and Western Pakistan

The pattern of major wrench faults in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan is shown to result from convergence between the Arabia, India and Eurasia plates. A method is introduced of treating fault movement as rotations about fault poles. The rotations are quantified by assuming fault movement to be proportional to active fault length, and these rotations summed by vector addition. The resultant rotation is considered to act at the geometric centre of the area enclosed by the faults. By equating movement here with plate convergence calculated from the usual circuit of plate spreading velocities the individual fault movements may be quantified. An area of west Pakistan and Afghanistan so treated suggests that the Chaman fault was initiated in the Eocene, a conclusion independently indicated by the geology. The method is of general application in non-rigid plate areas and offers explanations for fault curvature and anomalous fault movement.

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Zusammenfassung Das Muster der größeren Blattverschiebungen im Iran, in Afghanistan und Pakistan ist das Ergebnis einer Konvergenz der Arabischen, Indischen und Eurasischen Platten. Zur Analyse der Verschiebungen wird ihre Bewegung auf Rotationspole bezogen. Die Rotationsbewegungen lassen sich quantifizieren, indem man die Verschiebungsbeträge proportional zur Länge der Störungen setzt und die Rotationen als Vektoren addiert. Die Gesamtrotation soll vom geometrischen Zentrum der Fläche ausgehen, die von den Blattverschiebungen umgrenzt wird. Setzt man für diese Bewegungen die Geschwindigkeiten, die für Plattenbewegungen berechnet wurden, so kann man daraus die einzelnen Verschiebungsgeschwindigkeiten an den Blattverschiebungen ableiten.In West-Pakistan und Afghanistan kann man daraus erschließen, daß die Chaman-Störung seit dem Eozän aktiv gewesen sein muß. Dieser Schluß wird auch durch die geologischen Befunde gestützt. Diese Methode der tektonischen Analyse kann auf alle mobilen Plattenzonen angewandt werden und bietet eine Erklärung für geschwungenen Störungsverlauf und anomale Verschiebungsgeschwindigkeiten.

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Résumé Cet étude démontre que la disposition des principales failles de torsion existant en Iran, en Afghanistan et au Pakistan résultent d'une convergence des plaques d'Arabie, d'Inde et d'Eurasie; elle présente une méthode visant à traiter les mouvements de dislocation en tant que rotations autour des pôles de failles. On quantifie ces rotations en se basant sur l'hypothèse que le mouvement de faille est proportionnel à la longueur de faille active, et on les totalise par somme vectorielle. La rotation en résultant est considérée comme étant le centre géométrique de la région délimitée par les failles. On peut alors quantifier les mouvements de failles individuelles en associant ces mouvements à la convergence de plaques calculée d'après le circuit habituel des vitesses de propagation des plaques. L'application de cette méthode à une région du Pakistan occidental et de l'Afghanistan semblerait démontrer que la faille de Chaman a son origine dans l'Eocène, conclusion qu'indique par ailleurs la géologie. La méthode en question est, en règle générale applicable aux régions de plaques non-rigides, offrant ainsi certaines explications quant à la courbure des failles et aux mouvements de dislocation anormaux.

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Use of the lattice parameter b 0 of dioctahedral illite/muscovite for the characterization of P/T gradients of incipient metamorphism

The P/T gradient or baric type of low-grade metamorphic terranes can be characterized on the basis of cumulative frequency curves of the lattice parameter b ₀ of dioctahedral micas (Sassi and Scolari 1974), which essentially reflects celadonite content and increases with pressure. The method is here applied to illite/muscovite of sub-greenschist (incipient metamorphism) and low-greenschist facies terranes from the marginal zones of the Swedish Caledonides, Swiss Alps and Venezuelan Andes, where the grade of metamorphism was determined on the basis of illite crystallinity.Complications in the determinations of b ₀ arising from (a) shifts in the spacing of the apparent 060 diffraction peaks of the illites due to the presence of inter-stratified expandable layers, and (b) persistence of more crystalline clastic micas are pointed out.In contrast to the earlier-reported decrease of b ₀ with progressive metamorphism at higher grades, b ₀ tends to increase with grade during incipient metamorphism: it is markedly lower in the diagenetic and low-grade anchimetamorphic grades in the Cambro-Silurian of the Caledonides of Jämtland, western Sweden (zone A), and the Lower Tertiary of the Helvetic zone of the Swiss Alps, than in the higher grade anchizone and epizone of the former terrane.Mean b ₀ values for the intermediate and highest (epizone) grades of the Swedish Caledonides are respectively 9.030 and 9.037 Å compared to the mean value of 9.035 Å for the medium-high pressure, Barrovian-type, terrane of Otago, N.Z. Mean b ₀ of 9.005 Å for the mainly epizonal slates of the Venezuelan Andes lies between those for the low-pressure terranes of Bosost ( 8.992 Å), and the low-medium pressure terrane of northern New Hampshire (9.010 Å). These baric estimates agree well with those for the metamorphic facies series at higher grade produced by the same events.Cumulative b ₀ curves are concluded to be useful for the characterization of P/T gradients of incipient metamorphism, particularly in the higher grade part of the anchizone and the epizone.     

Changes in stable isotope ratios of metapelites and marbles during regional metamorphism,Mount Lofty Ranges,South Australia: implications for crustal scale fluid flow

The Mount Lofty Ranges comprises interlayered marbles, metapsammites, and metapelites that underwent regional metamorphism during the Delamarian Orogeny at 470–515 Ma. Peak metamorphic conditions increased from lowermost biotite grade (350–400°C) to migmatite grade (700°C) over 50–55 km parallel to the lithological strike of the rocks. With increasing metamorphic grade, ¹⁸O values of normal metapelites decrease from 14–16 to as low as 9.0, while ¹⁸O values of calcite in normal marbles decrease from 22–24 to as low as 13.2 These isotopic changes are far greater than can be accounted for by devolatilisation, implying widespread fluid-rock interaction. Contact metamorphism appears not to have affected the terrain, suggesting that fluid flow occurred during regional metamorphism. Down-temperature fluid flow from synmetamorphic granite plutons (¹⁸O=8.4–8.6) that occur at the highest metamorphic grades is unlikely to explain the resetting of oxygen isotopes because: (a) there is a paucity of skarns at granite-metasediment contacts; (b) the marbles generally do not contain low-XCO₂ mineral assemblages; (c) there is insufficient granite to provide the required volumes of water; (d) the marbles and metapelites retain a several permil difference in ¹⁸O values, even at high metamorphic grades. The oxygen isotope resetting may be accounted for by along-strike up-temperature fluid flow during regional metamorphism with time-integrated fluid fluxes of up to 5x10⁹ moles/m² (10⁵ m³/m²). If fluid flow occurred over 10⁵–10⁶ years, estimated intrinsic permeabilities are 10^-20 to 10^-16m². Variations in ¹⁸O at individual outcrops suggest that time-integrated fluid fluxes and intrinsic permeabilities may locally have varied by at least an order of magnitude. A general increase in XCO₂ values of marble assemblages with metamorphic grade is also consistent with the up-temperature fluid-flow model. Fluids in the metapelites may have been derived from these rocks by devolatilisation at low metamorphic grades; however, fluids in the marbles were probably derived in part from the surrounding siliceous rocks. The marble-metapelite boundaries preserve steep gradients in both ¹⁸O and XCO₂ values, suggesting that across-strike fluid fluxes were much lower than those parallel to strike. Up-temperature fluid flow may also have formed orthoamphibole rocks and caused melting of the metapelites at high grades.This paper is a contribution to IGCP Project 304 Lower Crustal Processes     

Electrical conductivity,thermopower and <Superscript>57</Superscript>Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy of aegirine (NaFeSi<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>6</Subscript>)

DC and AC electrical conductivities were measured on samples of two different crystals of the mineral aegirine (NaFeSi₂O₆) parallel () and perpendicular () to the [001] direction of the clinopyroxene structure between 200 and 600 K. Impedance spectroscopy was applied (20 Hz–1 MHz) and the bulk DC conductivity _DC was determined by extrapolating AC data to zero frequency. In both directions, the log _DC – 1/T curves bend slightly. In the high- and low-temperature limits, differential activation energies were derived for measurements [001] of E_A 0.45 and 0.35 eV, respectively, and the numbers [001] are very similar. The value of _DC [001] with _DC(300 K) 2.0 × 10^{–6 –1}cm^–1 is by a factor of 2–10 above that measured [001], depending on temperature, which means anisotropic charge transport. Below 350 K, the AC conductivity () (/2=frequency) is enhanced relative to _DC for both directions with an increasing difference for rising frequencies on lowering the temperature. An approximate power law for () is noted at higher frequencies and low temperatures with () ^s, which is frequently observed on amorphous and disordered semiconductors. Scaling of () data is possible with reference to _DC, which results in a quasi-universal curve for different temperatures. An attempt was made to discuss DC and AC results in the light of theoretical models of hopping charge transport and of a possible Fe²⁺ Fe³⁺ electron hopping mechanism. The thermopower (Seebeck effect) in the temperature range 360 K < T <770 K is negative in both directions. There is a linear – 1/T relationship above 400 K with activation energy E 0.030 eV [001] and 0.070 eV [001]. ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy was applied to detect Fe²⁺ in addition to the dominating concentration of Fe³⁺.     

Datations K-Ar de quelques laves du Rift-ouest de l'Afrique Centrale; implications sur l'évolution magmatique et structurale

Résumé Douze nouvelles datations donnent quelques précisions sur l'histoire magmatique et structurale du rift-ouest de l'Afrique Centrale. Elles concernent des intrusions alcalines situées en bordure du rift et des laves du Sud-Kivu, du sud et de l'ouest des Virunga. Les intrusions alcalines sont datées du Cambrien, Permien, Crétacé et Paléocène. Elles sont liées à des grandes cassures crustales empruntées par le rift. Les premières laves, des basaltes sub-alcalins, apparaissent au Sud-Kivu à l'Eocène. Elles sont suivies par des basaltes alcalins, au Miocène puis au Pléistocène inférieur. Plus au nord, des lambeaux de volcanisme ancien sont datés de l'Oligocène supérieur, au Nord-Idjwi, et du Miocène moyen et supérieur, à l'ouest des Virunga. Ce sont des laves alcalines sodiques. Elles sont antérieures au volcanisme potassique, leucitique et néphélinitique des Virunga apparu à la fin du Pliocène, et encore actif. L'évolution chronologique du magmatisme et de la structure est discutée.

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Twelve new datings specify some further details about the magmatic and the structural framework of the Western Rift of Central Africa. They concern alkaline intrusions of the rift border and lavas from Southern Kivu, Southern and Western Virunga. The intrusions have Cambrian, Permian, Cretaceous and Paleocene ages. They are related to the great crustal faults followed by the rift. The early lavas, sub-alkaline basalts, appear in Southern Kivu at the Eocene. They are followed by alkaline basalts, at the Miocene, and then at the lower Pleistocene. To the north, some earlier volcanic remains of alkaline sodic composition have upper Oligocene ages in Northern Idjwi, and middle and upper Miocene ages in Western Virunga. They preceded the potassic, leucitic and nephelinitic volcanism of Virunga which appears at the end of the Pliocene and is still active. We discuss about the chronological magmatic and structural evolution.

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Zusammenfassung Zwölf neue Datierungen bestimmen genauer die magmatische und strukturelle Geschichte des Westrifts von Zentralafrika. Sie betreffen am Rand des Rifts liegende alkalische Intrusionen und Laven in Südkivu, südlich und westlich der Virunga. Die alkalischen Intrusionen datieren vom Kambrium, dem Perm, der Kreidezeit und dem Paläozän. Sie stehen in Beziehung zu den vom Rifting gewählten großen Erdrinderissen. Die ersten Laven, subalkalische Basalte, entstehen im Eozän im Südkivu. Dann kommen alkalische Basalte im Miozän und am Unterpleistozän. Nördlicher datieren ältere Vulkanausbrüche vom Oberoligozän im Nordidjwi und vom mittleren Miozän und höheren Miozän westlich der Virunga. Es sind alkalische Natronlaven. Sie sind älter als der kaliumreiche Vulkanismus mit Leucit und Nephelin des am Ende des Pliozäns entstandenen und noch aktiven Vulkanismus. Die chronologische Entwicklung des Magmatismus und der tektonischen Strukturen wird diskutiert.

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Talksynthesen im Hinblick auf semisalinare Bedingungen

Zusammenfassung Vor einigen Jahren wurde Talk als Begleitmineral in Salzlagerstän erstmalig gefunden, und zwar in den amerikanischen Salzlagerstätten in Texas und Neu-Mexiko (Balley), in dem englischen Kalisalzvorkommen bei Eskdale in Ost-Vorkshire (Stewart), sowie im Hallstätter Salzberg des alpinen Haselgebirges (Mayrhofer undSChauberger). Auch in Deutschland wurde kürzlich bei der Erdgasbohrung Frenswegen 3 im Emsland in den oberen Lagen des Zechsteinanhydritprofils ein talkantiges Mineral identifiziert (Füchtbauer undGold-Schmidt). Die drei erstgenannten Talkvorkommen zeigen in der Art des Auftretens wesentliche gemeinsame Züge, aus denen man schließen kann, daß sie in der Lagerstätte selber entstanden sind, nicht aber dadurch, daß Talk als Verunreinigung in die Lagerstätte gelangte. Bei näherer Betrachtung bietet sich die Auffassung an, daß der Talk semisalinar (Leonhardt undBerdesinski) gebildet wurde, durch die Einwirkung Mg²⁺-haltiger Reaktionslösungen auf SiO₂-haltige Substanzen, die durch Zuflüsse usw. in die Lagerstätte gelangten. Von diesen Überlegungen ausgehend war zu prüfen, ob sich Talk wirklich bildet bei der Einwirkung von Mg-Laugen auf SiO₂, und zwar bei milden Metamorphosebedingungen, d. h. bei möglichst niedriger Temperatur und niedrigem Druck, entsprechend den wahrscheinlichen Bedingungen in den Salzlagerstätten. Bei den Versuchen wurden MgCl₂-haltige und Carnallit-Lösungen verwandt und stark gealtertes SiO₂-Gel, Quarz feinkristallin, Na₂Si₂O₅ · 2H₂O und Wasserglas als Bodenkörper gewählt. Die Reaktionsprodukte wurden vorwiegend röntgenographisch nach dem Debye-Verfahren untersucht und dann mit, abnehmendem Bildungsgrad in die 3 Gruppen: 1. Talk, 2. Talkprodukt, 3. Hinbildung zum Talk bzw. nur geringe Umbildung eingestuft.Um weitere, differenziertere Aussagen machen zu können, wurden typische Proben mit einer Talkvergleichssubstanz nach der Guiniermethode mit zweigeteilter Kamera untersucht; es wurden auch chemische Analysen und Anfärbtests durchgeführt und von bestimmten Synthesebildungen die mittleren Brechungsindizes bestimmt.Versuche mit SiO₂-Gel als Bodenkörper führten bei einer Reaktionstemperatur von 150° C noch zu guten Talkprodukten. Die 100° C-Versuche sind noch nicht abgeschlossen; ihre Ergebnisse bleiben einer späteren Veröffentlichung vorbehalten. Aber ein Versuch ergab bereits eine Hinbildung zum Talk. Die Synthesen mit Quarz als Bodenkörper erforderten wesentlich längere Reaktionszeiten, führten aber auch bis herab zu 150° C zur Hinbildung zum Talk. Bei Wasserglas (gallertig-dickflüssig) und Na₂Si₂O₅ · 2 H₂O waren diese Hinbildungen bis herab zu einer Reaktionstemperatur von 135° C zu verfolgen. So kann man feststellen, daß sich SiO₂-Substanzen semisalinar, bei milden Umwandlungsbedingungen zum Talk hin umsetzen lassen.     

Zwei Seladonite ungewöhnlicher chemiseher Zusammensetzung

Zusammenfassung Die optische, röntgenographische and chemische Untersuchung.zweier Seladonite aus einem Al₂0₃-reichen basaltischen Gestein and einem Porphyr ergab, daß dieses Mineral anscheinend doch häufiger als angenommen eine glaukonitähnliche Zusammensetzung haben and daß sein Chemismus auch von dem Ausgangsgestein abhängen kann. Im Rahmen dieser Untersuchung erhebt sich die Frage, ob es nicht sinnvoll ist, den Begriff Glaukonit auch auf Minerale nicht sedimentärer Herkunft aber der entsprechenden chemischen Zusammensetzung auszudehnen.

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Untill now the term celadonite was used for micaceous minerals which as well occured in igneous rocks as had the chemical composition (K, Na, Ca, H₃O) _<1 (Al, Fe³⁺)₁ (Fe²⁺, Mg)₁ [(OH)₂A_l>0Si_<4O₁₀], while the term glaucontte was restricted to micaceous minerals with the composition (K, Na, Ca, H₃0⁺)_<1 (Al, Fe³⁺, Fe²⁺; Mg)₂[(OH)₂Al_<1Si_>3O₁₀] formed in sedimentary rocks, mainly of marine origin. The few micas with glauconitic composition found in igneous rocks were called celadonites. Based on the analysis of two celadonites of such a kind from one rhyolite and one altered basaltic rock it is discussed, whether the term glaucontte should be extended to micaceous minerals of non-sedimentary origin but glauconitic composition.

     

Evaluation of biotite-garnet geothermometers: application to the English River subprovince,Ontario

In recent years, there have been numerous calibrations of the biotite-garnet Fe-Mg exchange geothermometer. The Eastern Lac Seul region of the English River subprovince, Ontario, provides an excellent field area in which to compare these calibrations.Trend surface analysis using the temperatures obtained from garnet cores and matrix biotites-showed almost identical trends in the eastern Lac Seul region regardless of the calibration used. The absolute temperatures and the precision of each calibration do, however, show large variation. Geothermometers based solely on lnK_D were found to give more precise results than the calibrations that attempt to incorporate non-Fe-Mg components. The Perchuk and Lavrent'eva (1983) thermometer yields the most precise and accurate results. If a sufficient number of samples are collected over a region, it can be used to estimate metamorphic temperature trends to ±30° C. Metamorphism and migmatization of the English River subprovince occurred during the Kenoran orogeny, 2.68 b.y. ago. Our results show that a thermal anticline has been preserved, with temperatures of 600° C at the north and south contacts with Uchi and Wabigoon Greenstone belts, increasing to 725 °C at the center of the subprovince. A garnet-cordierite in isograd occurs at 650° C and an orthopyroxene in isogradat 700° C.     

Geochemistry and argon thermochronology of the Variscan Sila Batholith,southern Italy: source rocks and magma evolution

The Sila batholith is the largest granitic massif in the Calabria-Peloritan Arc of southern Italy, consisting of syn to post-tectonic, calc-alkaline and metaluminous tonalite to granodiorite, and post-tectonic, peraluminous and strongly peraluminous, two-mica±cordierite±Al silicate granodiorite to leucomonzogranite. Mineral ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar thermochronologic analyses document Variscan emplacement and cooling of the intrusives (293–289 Ma). SiO₂ content in the granitic rocks ranges from 57 to 77 wt%; cumulate gabbro enclaves have SiO₂ as low as 42%. Variations in absolute abundances and ratios involving Hf, Ta, Th, Rb, and the REE, among others, identify genetically linked groups of granitic rocks in the batholith: (1) syn-tectonic biotite±amphibole-bearing tonalites to granodiorites, (2) post-tectonic two-mica±Al-silicate-bearing granodiorites to leucomonzogranites, and (3) post-tectonic biotite±hornblende tonalites to granodiorites. Chondrite-normalized REE patterns display variable values of Ce/Yb (up to 300) and generally small negative Eu anomalies. Degree of REE fractionation depends on whether the intrusives are syn- or post-tectonic, and on their mineralogy. High and variable values of Rb/Y (0.40–4.5), Th/Sm (0.1–3.6), Th/Ta (0–70), Ba/Nb (1–150), and Ba/Ta (50–2100), as well as low values of Nb/U (2–28) and La/Th (1–10) are consistent with a predominant and heterogeneous crustal contribution to the batholith. Whole rock ¹⁸O ranges from +8.2 to +11.7; the mafic cumulate enclaves have the lowest ¹⁸O values and the two-mica granites have the highest values. ¹⁸O values for biotite±honblende tonalitic and granodioritic rocks (9.1 to 10.8) overlap the values of the mafic enclaves and two-mica granodiorites and leucogranites (10.7 to 11.7). The initial Pb isotopic range of the granitic rocks (²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb 18.17–18.45, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb 15.58–15.77, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb 38.20–38.76) also indicates the predominance of a crustal source. Although the granitic groups cannot be uniquely distinguished on the basis of their Pb isotope compositions most of the post-tectonic tonalites to granodiorites as well as two-mica granites are somewhat less radiogenic than the syn-tetonic tonalites and granodiorites. Only a few of the mafic enclaves overlap the Pb isotope field of the granitic rocks and are consistent with a cogenetic origin. The Sila batholith was generated by mixing of material derived from at least two sources, mantle-derived and crustal, during the closing stages of plate collision and post-collision. The batholith ultimately owes its origin to the evolution of earlier, more mafic parental magmas, and to complex intractions of the fractionating mafic magmas with the crust. Hybrid rocks produced by mixing evolved primarily by crystal fractionation although a simple fractionation model cannot link all the granitic rocks, or explain the entire spectrum of compositions within each group of granites. Petrographic and geochemical features characterizing the Sila batholith have direct counterparts in all other granitic massifs in the Calabrian-Peloritan Arc. This implies that magmatic events in the Calabrian-Peloritan Arc produced a similar spectrum of granitic compositions and resulted in a distinctive type of granite magmatism consisting of coeval, mixed, strongly peraluminous and metaluminous granitic magmas.     

Synthesis and some properties of iron- and vanadium-bearing kyanites, (Al,Fe3+)2SiO5and (Al,V3+)2SiO5

Iron- and vanadium-bearing kyanites have been synthesized at 900 and 1100° C/20 kb in a piston-cylinder apparatus using Mn₂O₃/Mn₃O₄- and MnO/Mn-mixtures, respectively, as oxygen buffers. Solid solubility on the pseudobinary section Al₂SiO₅-Fe₂SiO₅(-V₂SiO₅) of the system Al₂O₃-Fe₂O₃(V₂O₃)-SiO₂ extends up to 6.5 mole% (14mole %) of the theoretical end member FeSiO₅(V₂SiO₅) at 900°C/20 kb. For bulk compositions with higher Fe₂SiO₅ (V₂SiO₅) contents the corundum type phases M₂O₃(M = Fe³⁺, V³⁺) are found to coexist with the Fe³⁺(V³⁺)-saturated kyanite solid solution plus quartz. The extent of solid solubility on the join Al₂SiO₅-Fe₂SiO₅ at 1 100°C was not found to be significantly higher than at 900° C. Microprobe analyses of iron bearing kyanites gave no significant indication of ternary solid solubility in these mixed crystals. Lattice constants a ₀, b ₀, c ₀, and V₀ of the kyanite solid solutions increase with increasing Fe₂SiO₅- and V₂SiO₅-contents proportionally to the ionic radii of Fe³⁺ and V³⁺, respectively, the triclinic angles ,, remain constant. Iron kyanites are light yellowish-green, vanadium kyanites are light green. Iron kyanites, (Al_1.87 Fe _0.13 ³⁺ )SiO₅, were obtained as crystals up to 700 m in length.     

Fluid absent melting of a layered crustal protolith: implications for the generation of anatectic granites

We report the result of H₂O-undersaturated melting experiments on charges consisting of a layer of powdered sillimanite-bearing metapelite (HQ36) and a layer of powdered tonalitic gneiss (AGC150). Experiments were conducted at 10 kbar at 900°, 925° and 950°C. When run alone, the pelite yielded 40 vol% strongly peraluminous granitic melt at 900°C while the tonalite produced only 5 vol% weakly peraluminous granitic melt. At 950°C, the pelite and the tonalite yielded 50 vol% and 7 vol% granitic melt, respectively. When run side by side, the abundance of melt in the tonalite was 10 times higher at all temperatures than when it was run alone. In the pelite, the melt abundance increased by 25 vol%. When run alone, biotite dehydration-melting in the tonalite yielded orthopyroxene and garnet in addition to granitic melt. When run side by side only garnet was produced in addition to granitic melt. Experiments of relatively short duration, however, also contained Al-rich orthopyroxene. We suggest that the large increase in melt fraction in the tonalite is mainly a result of increased activity of Al₂O₃ in the melt, which lowers the temperature of the biotite dehydration-melting reaction. In the pelite, the increase in the abundance of melt is caused by transport of plagioclase component in the melt from the tonalite-layer to the pelite-layer. This has the effect of changing the bulk composition of this layer in the direction of minimum-temperature granitic liquids. Our results show that rocks which are poor melt-producers on their own can become very fertile if they occur in contact with rocks that contain components that destabilize the hydrous phase(s) and facilitate dehydration-melting. Because of this effect, the continental crust may have an even greater potential for granitoid melt production than previously thought. Our results also suggest that many anatectic granites most likely contain contributions from two or more different source rocks, which will be reflected in their isotopic and geochemical compositions.     

Calibration of Al/Si order variations in anorthite

New single crystal diffraction data for natural and heat-treated anorthite crystals (Angel et al. 1990) allow the determination of their states of Al/Si order in terms of a macroscopic order parameter,Q _OD , for the transition. Numerical values ofQ _OD obtained from estimates of site occupancies are shown to vary with the scalar spontaneous strain, _s , as _s Q _OD ² , and with the ratio of the sums of typeb (superlattice) reflections and typea (sublattice) reflections asI _b/I _a Q _OD ² . An empirical calibration for pure anorthite is obtained giving varies between 0.92 and 0.87 in samples equilibrated at T1300° C, but then falls off relatively rapidly with increasing temperature, reaching 0.7 near the melting point ( 1557° C). The observed temperature dependence does not conform to the predictions of the simplest single order parameter models; coupling ofQ _OD withQ of the transition is suspeeted.     

Marine Sandkörper,rezent und fossil

Zusammenfassung Folgende rezente marine Sandkörper werden beschrieben: Deltafront-Flächensande, Delta-Sandstränge, Deltafront-Inselsande, Strandwälle, Düneninseln, Wattsande und Sandkörper auf dem Schelf. Es wird auf vergleichbare fossile Vorkommen hingewiesen.

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The following recent marine sandbodies are described: Delta front sheet sands, bar finger sands, delta-margin island sands, cheniers or beach ridges, barrier islands, sandflats and offshore sandbodies. Comparable examples of similar bodies in ancient rocks are given.

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Résumé Des masses de sable marines récentes sont décrites en suivant: des sables deltaïques, des cheniers, des cordons littorals, des vases sableuses et des cordons libres. Des examples de masses de sables fossiles sont présentés.

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Die Geosynklinal-Lagerstättenprovinzen Rumäniens

Zusammenfassung Die neuesten geotektonisch-metallogenetischen Untersuchungen in den rumänischen Karpaten sowie in der Dobrogea haben zu überraschend vielen neuen Beispielen von sehr typischen Geosynklinallagerstätten geführt, welche sich in folgende wichtige Geosynklinal-Lagerstättenprovinzen gliedern:Die assyntisch-kaledonische metamorphosierte (und alpidisch regenerierte) Geosynklinal-Lagerstättenprovinz des altkarpatischen Schiefergebirges, welches wichtige Eisen- (metamorphosierter Lahn-Dill-Typ), Mangan- und Kieslagerstätten mit Cu-Pb-Zn vom Typus Rammeisberg führt. Ähnliche polymetamorphe CuKieslagerstätten (Outokumpu-Typ) und Eisenlagerstätten befinden sich im Dobrogeaer Möesischen Sockel, welcher sich in den baltisch-ukrainisch-möesischen Erzgürtel eingliedert.Die jungkimmerische innerkarpatische Geosynklinal-Lagerstättenprovinz, gebunden an den simatisch-basaltischen Initialvulkanismus des innerkarpatischen Geotumors und der alpidischen Orogenese (Drocea- und Mehedini-Gebirge) welche Fe-Ti-V, Cu-Kieslagerstätten (Typus Ergani-Maden) und exhalative Manganlagerstätten führt. Diese Provinz ist in die ostmittelmeerische, kimmerischalpidische Ophiolitprovinz eingegliedert.Eine besondere bergwirtschaftliche Bedeutung haben die Kies-Cu-Pb-ZnLagerstätten vom Typus Rammeisberg der Ostkarpaten.

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The most recent metallogenetic-geotectonic researches performed in the Rumanian Carpathians and in the Dobrogea, have led to the discovery of a surprising amount of new and typical samples of geosyncline ore deposits (exhalative-sedimentary) which may be grouped in the following provinces of geosyncline ore deposits as:The metamorphous (and alpine regenerate) assyntic-caledonian province of oldcarpathic cristalline, which includes important deposits of iron ore (Lahn-Dill type), manganese and pyrite-Cu-Pb-Zn (Rammelsberg type). Similar polymetamorphic deposits of copper-pyrire (Outokumpu type) and of iron ore may be found in the dobrodjan Moesic socket which is framed in the southern extremity of the precambrian baltic-ucrainean-moesic metalbearing zone.The intracarpathian new-kimmeric province bound to the basaltic-simatic volcanism, initial to the alpine orogenesis. (Drocea and Mehedini Mountains) that is associated to Fe-Ti-V, copper-pyrite. (Ergani-Maden type) and manganese deposits. This province is formed in the greateastern mediterranean kimmericalpine ophiolitic province.The Rammelsberg type, pyrite-Cu-Pb-Zn deposits of the Eastern Carpathians are of particular economic interest.

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Résumé Les plus récentes recherches géotectoniques-métallogénétiques dans les Carpathes Roumaines et dans la Dobrogea ont pour résultat beaucoup de nouveaux exemples de gîtes minéraux très typiques du géosynclinal. Ceux-ci se divisent en:Le gisement assyntique-calédonien et métamorphose (et régénéré au mésozoïque et au tertiaire) de la roche schisteuse du Vieux Carpathique, qui contient d'importants gisements de fer (type Lahn-Dill métamorphosé), de manganèse et de Py-Cu-Pb-Zn du type Rammelsberg. De pareils gisements polymétamorphes de cuivre (type Outokumpu) et des gisements de fer se trouvent dans la substructure Dobrogéenne et Moésique, qui se range dans la zone minérale baltique-ukrainique-moésique.Le gisement nouveau-kimmérique des Carpathes intérieurs, lié au volcanisme initial simatique-basaltique del'orogène des Carpathes intérieurs (Drocea et Mehedinti montagnes) qui contient Fe-Ti-V, des gisements de cuivre (type Ergani-Maden) et des gisements exhalatifs de manganèse. Cette province se rattache à la province ophiolitique est-méditerranéenne kimmérique-alpidique.Les Py-Cu-Pb-Zn gisements du type Rammelsberg des Carpathes de l'est ont une particulière importance économique.

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Untersuchungen am Meteoriten von Borkut und anderen Chondriten über Form,Aufbau und Entstehung der Chondren

Zusammenfassung Durch Ausmessung der Chondrenquerschnitte an Anschliffen van sechs Chondriten und Messungen an isolierten Chondren von Borkut ergab sich:Die Häufigkeitsverteilung der Chondren ist symmetrisch, das Maximum liegt bei einem Durchmesser von 0,6–0,8 mm. Chondren Bind Rotationsellipsoide oder allgemeine Ellipsoids und zum geringen Teil Kugeln (etwa 12%). Kleinere Chondren sind kugelähnlicher als große. Die ellipsoidischen Chondren zeigen bei Borkut and Bluff sine deutliche Einregelung.Der Chondrit Borkut besteht aus Bronzit, Olivin, Nickeleisen, Troilit, Chromic und Glas mit Feldspatmikrolithen. Er enthält Pyroxen-, PyroxenOlivin-und Olivinchondren. Des Orthopyroxen ist ein Bronzit mit 24,5 Mol.-% FeSiO₃, der Olivin enthält 31 Mol.-% Fe₂S0₄.Das spezifische Gewicht ist 3,609 g/cm³, das Porenvolumen beträgt 19,06%.Der Gesamtmeteorit und die Chondren wurden getrennt chemisch analysiert. Nach Chernismus und Mineralbestand gehört Borkut dem L-Typ der Chondrite an.Die Pyroxenchondren von l3orkut bestehen aus Lamellensystemen nach (100) oder (101) and einem Feldspatglas mit Mikrolithen. Sie haben sich ebenso wie gemischte and Olivinchondren als Tröpfchen aus einer Schmelze gebildet, die schnell abgekühlt wurden. Die verschiedenen Chondrentypen können dadurch entstehen, daß ein Magma mit bereits ausgeschiedenen Olivinkristallen zu kleinen Tröpfchen zerrissen wurde, wobei Tröpfchen mit Olivinkristallen (gemischte Chondren) und solche ohne Olivin (Pyroxenchondren) entstanden.

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Measurements of cross-sections of chondrules in. sections of 6 chondrites and measurements of isolated chondrules from Borkut yielded te following results:The grain size distribution of chondrules is symmetrical, its maximum being at a diameter of 0.6 to 0.8 mm. Chondrules are rotation ellipsoids or ordinary ellipsoids, a minor part are spherules (some 12%). Smaller chondrules form more perfect spherules than bigger ones. Elliptical chondrules in Borkut and Bluff show an evident orientation.The chondrite Borkut consists of bronzite, olivine, nickeliron, troilite, chromite, and glass with microlithic felspar. It contains pyroxene chondrules, pyroxene olivine chondrules, and olivine chondrules. The orthopyroxene is a bronzite containing 24.5 mol.-% FeSiO₃, the olivine contains 31 mol.-% Fe₂SiO₄,Its specific gravity is 3.609 g/cm³, its porosity amounts to .19.06%.The whole meteorite and the chondrules had been chemically analyzed separately. According to its chemical composition and mineral content, Borkut has to be classified under type L of chondrites. The pyroxene chondrules of Borkut consist of systems of lamellae parallel (100) or (101) and of felspar glass with microlithic crystals. They, as well as mixed chondrules and olivine chondrules, originated from a melt as droplets, which cooled down rapidly. The different types of chondrules may originate, when magma containing already crystallized olivine is disrupted to droplets; the result is then either droplets containing olivine crystals (mixed chondrules) or droplets without olivine (pyroxene chondrules).

     

Subsolidus phase relations in the system Zr-Fe-Ti-O in equilibrium with metallic iron. Implications for lunar petrology

An experimental study of the system Zr-Fe-Ti-O in equilibrium with metallic iron has been conducted at atmospheric pressure and in the temperature range 950–1300° C, with the purpose of modelling sub-solidus relations between Zr-bearing Fe-Ti oxide phases in lunar rocks. The phase relations are governed by the coexistence of the Fe-Ti oxides with ZrO₂ at temperatures below 1247° C, but with the new cubic ZFT phase at higher temperatures. ZFT, approximately Zr Fe Ti O₅, is probably related to the so-called stabilized cubic zirconia and could represent a synthetic equivalent of some lunar Zr-Fe-Ti rich oxide minerals.The zirconium contents in all Fe-, Ti and Fe-Ti-oxide phases increase with increasing temperature. At each temperature, Zr is incorporated preferentially in the Ti-oxide (up to 11 wt% ZrO₂), followed by ferropseudobrookite (up to 6 wt% ZrO₂), ilmenite (max. 4 wt%) and wüstite (max. 2.5 wt%). Ulvöspinel coexisting with ilmenite (+Fe⁰+ ZrO₂ and/or ZFT) always contains less than 1.2 wt% ZrO₂, whereas the same mineral in assemblage with wüstite-ZrO₂-Fe⁰ displays even higher ZrO₂ contents than ilmenite (above 4 wt%). Considering that the values determined here in the synthetic parageneses represent saturation concentrations at high temperatures in a simple model system, the ZrO₂ concentrations in the corresponding lunar minerals should generally be significantly lower. This is realized, except for the so-called Cr-Zr-Ca armalcolites which display ZrO₂ contents in the range 3.5–7 wt% and are thus probably related rather to Zr-rich oxide minerals than to armalcolite itself.     

Jahreszeitliche ökologische Beobachtungen an Foraminiferen im Limski kanal bei Rovinj/Jugoslawien (nördliche Adria)

Zusammenfassung Als Vorbericht einer Dissertation über ökologische Beobachtungen an Foraminiferen im Limski kanal wurde diese Arbeit auf der 60. Jahrestagung der Geologischen Vereinigung im Februar 1970 in Kiel referiert. Räumliche und zeitliche Verteilung benthonischer Foraminiferen im Limski kanal werden diskutiert. Jahreszeitliche Schwankungen in der prozentualen Zusammensetzung der drei großen Gruppen hyaliner, porzellanschaliger und agglutinierender Formen und auch einzelner Arten in der Lebend-Fauna können gezeigt werden. Ein Vergleich von Biocoenose und Thanatocoenose ergibt Unterschiede in der Zusammensetzung, wahrscheinlich eine Folge von Bioturbation. Untersuchungen von Lebend-Fauna in Sediment-Kernen, durchgeführt in cm-Intervallen, scheinen die Annahme zu bestätigen, daß Foraminiferen in offenen Bauten von Endobenthos leben können. Dort erreichen sie Konzentrationen, die etwa 8–10mal höher sein können als in normalen Oberflächen-Proben, bezogen auf eine definierte Fläche.

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This preliminary note of a thesis dealing with ecological observations of foraminifera in the Limski kanal was reported during the 60th annual meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung in Kiel, February 1970. Spatial and seasonal distributions of benthonic foraminifera in the Limski kanal are discussed. Percentage relations of the three major groups, hyaline, porcelaneous and agglutinated forms and also of single species, show seasonal variations in the living fauna. A comparison between the biocenosis and the thanatocenosis reveals differences in the faunal composition, probably caused by bioturbation. Research into the living fauna carried out in two sediment-cores, which were cut in cm-intervals, seem to prove the assumption that foraminifera are able to live in open burrows of endobenthos. There they can attain concentrations which are about 8 to 10 times higher than in normal surface samples, referred to a defined area.

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Résumé Cette note préliminaire d'une thèse traitant des observations écologiques sur les foraminifères benthoniques dans le Limski kanal a été présentée à l'assemblée annuelle de la Geologische Vereinigung à Kiel au mois de février 1970. La distribution spatiale et saisonnière des foraminifères a été étudiée; les relations (en pour cent) des trois groupes majeurs de foraminifères: hyalin, porcellainier et agglutinant et aussi des espèces singulières dénotent des variations saisonnières. Une comparaison entre la biocénose et la thanatocénose révèle des différences en ce qui concerne la composition, différences probablement causées par la bioturbation intensive au fond du Limski kanal. En recherchant les foraminifères vivants (colorés) dans deux carottes coupées à intervalles réguliers d'un cm, l'hypothèse que les foraminifères vivent en terriers ouverts de l'endobenthos semble être vérifiée. Ils peuvent atteindre ici des concentrations 8 à 10 fois plus hautes que celles des échantillons «normaux» tirées de la surface du sédiment en se réfèrent à une aire bien définie.

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Possible non-equilibrium oxygen isotope effects in mantle nodules,an alternative to the Kyser-O'Neil-Carmichael18O/16O geothermometer

Kyser, O'Neil, and Carmichael (1981, 1982) measured the ¹⁸O values of coexisting minerals from peridotite nodules in alkali basalts and kimberlites, interpreting the nodules as equilibrium assemblages. Using Ca-Mg-Fe element-partition geothermometric data, they proposed an empirical¹⁸O/¹⁶O geothermometer: T(°C)=1,151–173–68 ², where is the per mil pyroxene-olivine fractionation. However, this geothermometer has an unusual crossover at 1,150 °C, and in contrast to what might be expected during closed-system equilibrium exchange, the most abundant mineral in the nodules (olivine) shows a much greater range in ¹⁸O (+4.4 to +7.5) than the much less abundant pyroxene (all 50 pyroxene analyses from spinel peridotites lie within the interval +5.3 to +6.5). On ¹⁸O-olivinevs. ¹⁸O-pyroxene diagrams, the mantle nodules exhibit data arrays that cut across the ¹⁸O=zero line. These arrays strongly resemble the non-equilibrium quartzfeldspar and feldspar-pyroxene ¹⁸O arrays that we now know are diagnostic of hydrothermally altered plutonic igneous rocks. Thus, we have re-interpreted the Kyser et al. data as non-equilibrium phenomena, casting doubt on their empirical geothermometer. The peridotite nodules appear to have been open systems that underwent metasomatic exchange with an external, oxygen-bearing fluid (CO₂, magma, H₂O, etc.); during this event, the relatively inert pyroxenes exchanged at a much slower rate than did the coexisting olivines and spinels, in agreement with available exchange-rate and diffusion measurements on these minerals. This accounts for the correlation between ¹⁸O pyroxene-olivine and the whole-rock ¹⁸O of the peridotites, which is a major difficulty with the equilibrium interpretation.Contribution No. 3978, Publications of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology     

Transformation kinetics of polycrystalline aragonite to calcite: new experimental data,modelling, and implications

Experimental data are used to model the transformation rate of polycrystalline aragonite (grain diameter 80 m) to calcite. Optimized values for nucleation and growth rates were obtained by numerically fitting the overall transformation rates from 280° to 380°C and 0.10 MPa to an expression for a grain-boundary-nucleated and interface-controlled transformation. The nucleation rate is 4–5 orders of magnitude faster than for calcite nucleated within aragonite grains, and the growing in rate is slower below 300°C than for calcite growing in aragonite single crystals. The activation enthalpy for growth in polycrystalline aggregate is 247kJ/mol compared to 163 kJ/mol for growth in single crystals. Permanent deformation of the phases limits the elastic strain energy due to the 7% volume change and reduces the coherency of the calcite/aragonite interace. Theoretical expressions are used to extrapolate the data for nucleation and growth to other temperatures, and data from 0.10 to 400 MPa are used to evaluate the effect of pressure on the grain-boundary nucleation rate. Because of permanent deformation of the phases, the effective strain energy for nucleation is 0.55 kJ/mol, which is less than a quarter of the value for purely elastic deformation. These data are used to predict the percent transformation for various P-T-t paths; without heating during uplift partial preservation of aragonite in dry blueschist facies rocks can occur if the calcite stability field is entered at 235° C, and the kinetic data are also consistent with published P-T-t paths which include heating during uplift. The predicted percent transformation is relatively insensitive to variations in the initial grain size of the aragonite, but strongly dependent on the effective strain energy.     

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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