Sidewall crystallization in the Klokken intrusion: zoned ternary feldspars and coexisting minerals

The syenitic layered series in the Klokken intrusion is surrounded by a zone (500 m thick) of nearly structureless unlaminated syenite followed outwards by a zone of vertically banded gabbro (200 m thick) at the outer rim. The unlaminated syenite is intrusive into the gabbro and develops a thin (2 m) transition zone of syenodiorite at the contact. A traverse across the vertical transition zone and inwards towards the layered series was sampled with a portable drill. Mafic silicates (olivine, clinopyroxene, biotite) show inward evolution in Fe/(Fe+Mg) across the syenodiorite-unlaminated syenite zones. Feldspars change rapidly across the syenodiorite zone from rocks dominated by plagioclase, in some cases together with two alkali feldspars, one a mesoperthite or cryptomesoperthite, the other a cryptoperthite, to rocks in which plagioclase is seen only rarely as cores to cryptomesoperthitic alkali feldspar crystals. Plagioclase is absent from the layered series.Alkali feldspars occurring in pairs have bulk compositions on solvus isotherms in the Or-Ab-An ternary system, estimated at 950° C in a syenogabbro and 910° C in a syenodiorite, at 1 kbar. The more calcic liquids from which they crystallized fractionated on paths that intersected the two- feldspar surface, whereas the more syenitic members crystallized from liquids which terminated crystallization in the one- feldspar field at 900° C. Plagioclases evolve from calcic andesine in syenodiorites, to very rare sodic oligoclase in the most evolved unlaminated syenites. The boundaries between plagioclase cores and alkali feldspar rims, which are usually optically abrupt, involve complex mixed zones on the m -scale, consistent with arrested reaction between plagioclase primocrysts and crystallizing syenitic liquid. Ternary liquidus-solidus relationships are in qualitative agreement with this interpretation. The syenodiorites are cumulates produced during sidewall crystallization of a trachytic magma against a gabbroic chamberlining. This magma changed little in bulk composition as it evolved, giving rise to the unlaminated syenites by further sidewall crystallization. Water build- up in this liquid probably caused a change in style of chamber filling, giving rise to the layered series by bottom accumulation. Microtextures in the zoned feldspars are described in an accompanying paper.CRPG contribution 729     

Feldspathic hornblende and garnet granulites and associated anorthosite pegmatites from Doubtful Sound,Fiordland, New Zealand

Feldspathic hornblende granulites from Doubtful Sound, New Zealand with the assemblage plagioclase+hornblende+clinopyroxene+orthopy-roxene +oxide+apatite are criss-crossed by a network of garnetiferous anorthosite veins and pegmatites. The feldspathic gneiss in contact with anorthosite has a reaction zone containing the assemblage plagioclase +garnet+clinopyroxene+quartz+rutile+apatite. The garnet forms distinctive coronas around clinopyroxene. The origin of these rocks is discussed in the light of mineral and whole rock chemical analyses and published experimental work.It is thought that under conditions leading up to 750 °C, 8 kb load pressure and 5 kb H₂O pressure, partial melting occured in feldspathic hornblende granulites. The melt migrated into extensional fractures and eventually crystallised as anorthosite pegmatites and veins. The gneisses adjacent to the pegmatites from which the melt was extracted changed composition slightly, by the loss of H₂O and Na₂O, so that plagioclase reacted simultaneously with hornblende, orthopyroxene, and oxide to form garnet, clinopyroxene, quartz and rutile.     

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⁺.     

Origin and differentiation of picritic arc magmas,Ambae (Aoba), Vanuatu

Key aspects of magma generation and magma evolution in subduction zones are addressed in a study of Ambae (Aoba) volcano, Vanuatu. Two major lava suites (a low-Ti suite and high-Ti suite) are recognised on the basis of phenocryst mineralogy, geochemistry, and stratigraphy. Phenocryst assemblages in the more primitive low-Ti suite are dominated by magnesian olivine (mg 80 to 93.4) and clinopyroxene (mg 80 to 92), and include accessory Cr-rich spinel (cr 50 to 84). Calcic plagioclase and titanomagnetite are important additional phenocryst phases in the high-Ti suite lavas and the most evolved low-Ti suite lavas. The low-Ti suite lavas span a continuous compositional range, from picritic (up to 20 wt% MgO) to high-alumina basalts (<5 wt% MgO), and are consistent with differentiation involving observed phenocrysts. Melt compositions (aphyric lavas and groundmasses) in the low-Ti suite form a liquid-line of descent which corresponds with the petrographically-determined order of crystallisation: olivine + Cr-spinel, followed by clinopyroxene + olivine + titanomagnetite, and then plagioclase + clinopyroxene + olivine + titanomagnetite. A primary melt for the low-Ti suite has been estimated by correcting the most magnesian melt composition (an aphyric lava with 10.5 wt% MgO) for crystal fractionation, at the oxidising conditions determined from olivine-spinel pairs (fo₂ FMQ + 2.5 log units), until in equilibrium with the most magnesian olivine phenocrysts. The resultant composition has 15 wt% MgO and an mg ^Fe2 value of 81. It requires deep (3 GPa) melting of the peridotitic mantle wedge at a potential temperature consistent with current estimates for the convecting upper mantle (T _p 1300°C). At least three geochemically-distinct source components are necessary to account for geochemical differences between, and geochemical heterogeneity within, the major lava suites. Two components, one LILE-rich and the other LILE- and LREE-rich, may both derive from the subducting ocean crust, possibly as an aqueous fluid and a silicate melt respeetively. A third component is attributed to either differnt degrees of melting, or extents of incompatible-element depletion, of the peridotitic mantle wedge.     

An analcime mugearite-megacryst association from north-eastern New South Wales: implications for high-pressure amphibole-dominated fractionation of alkaline magmas

An analcime-rich mugearite near Spring Mount in north-eastern New South Wales contains dominant kaersutite, lesser anorthoclase and rare Ti-rich mica megacrysts, and also rare Group I peridotite xenoliths and granitoid inclusions. Mineralogical, experimental and Sr and Nd isotopic data are interpreted to indicate that the megacrysts are cognate with their host and that megacryst precipitation occurred at pressures in the vicinity of 1 GPa. Isotopic and other data indicate minimal crystal contamination of the melt. The generation of this evolved lava (100 Mg/(Mg+Fe²⁺), M55; differentiation index DI52–56) by high-pressure amphiboledominated fractionation of a mantle-derived hydrous alkali basaltic parent (M70) is inconsistent with observed megacryst abundances (<3%) and absence of Group II cumulates, and with the magnitude of the crystal extracts (45% crystals) indicated by crystal fractionation models. These data suggest the mugearite is not a high-pressure differentiate of a hypothetical primary parental magma (M70). Alternatively, its composition might approximate that of a primary magma derived from a relatively Fe-rich amphibole lherzolite mantle source.     

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.     

Rare earth element partitioning between clinopyroxene and silicate liquid at moderate to high pressure

Experimental determination of over seventy sets of clinopyroxene/silicate liquid (glass) partitition coefficients (D) for four rare earth elements (REE — La, Sm, Ho, Lu) in a range of REE-enriched natural rock compositions (basalt, basaltic andesite, andesite and rhyodacite) demonstrate a convex upward pattern, favouring the heavy REE (Ho, Lu) and markedly discriminating against the light REE (La). These patterns are consistent with previously documented clinopyroxene D values reported from natural phenocryst/matrix pairs and from experimental work using either REE-enriched compositions and electron microprobe analytical techniques (as in the present study) or natural or synthetic undoped compositions and mass spectrometric, ion probe or X-ray autoradiographic analytical techniques. However, the large data base in the present study allows evaluation of the effect of compositional and physical parameters on REE partitioning relationships. Considering D_Ho, it is shown that (1) D increases 6-fold with increasing SiO₂ content of the coexisting liquid from 50 to 70 wt% SiO₂ (2) D increases 4-fold with decreasing temperature from 1,120°C to 900° C (3) D increases 2-fold with increasing pressure from 2.5 to 20 kb. (4) D increases 2-fold fO₂ increases from approximately that of the MW buffer to the HM buffer (5) D remains unchanged within experimental error as the water content of the melt changes from 0.3 to 10% by weight H₂O.The absolute REE content of the clinopyroxene shows no consistent trend with temperature, but decreases slightly with increasing pressure, paralleling an increase in the jadeite component of the pyroxene. Thus the increase in D with increasing pressure is attributed to changes in the silicate liquid structure, which discriminate against accommodation of REE with increasing pressure. The clinopyroxene REE content increases with increasing fO₂, and in this case the increase in D with increasing fO₂ may be attributed mainly to this change in the clinopyroxene composition. Application of the present results to geochemical modelling allows a more appropriate choice of D values, according to the liquid composition and physical conditions applicable in the modelled system. They may also be used to evaluate cognate or xenocrystic relationships between clinopyroxene megacrysts and their host matrix.     

Petrology of ultramafic nodules from West Kettle River,near Kelowna,Southern British Columbia

A basanitoid flow of Miocene age, exposed near the West Kettle River, 25 km southeast of Kelowna, British Columbia, contains abundant ultramafic and mafic nodules. The subangular nodules are 1–20 cm across and typically show granular textures. A study of 250 nodules indicates that spinel lherzolite (60%) is the dominant type with subordinate olivine websterite (10%), websterite (7%), clinopyroxenite (4%), wehrlite (4%), pyroxene gabbro (4%), dunite (2%), harzburgite (1%) and granitic rocks (8%). Ultramafic nodules are of two types. Most of the wehrlites and clinopyroxenites belong to the black pyroxene (aluminous clinopyroxene) series, whereas the other clinopyroxene-bearing nodules belong to the green pyroxene (chromian diopside) series. Some spinel lherzolite nodules have distinctive pyroxene- and olivine-rich bands. Microprobe analyses of the constituent minerals of more than thirty nodules from the green pyroxene series indicate that grain to grain variations within individual nodules are small even when banding is present. Olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene and spinel in spinel lherzolite have average compositions of Fo₉₀, En₉₀, Wo₄₇Fs₅En₄₈, Cr/(Cr+ Al+Fe³)=0.1 and Mg/(Mg+Fe²⁺)=0.8. Equilibration temperatures, which were calculated using the two pyroxene geothermometer of Wells (1977), range between 920–980° C. Based on published phase stability experiments, pressures of equilibration are between 10–18 kbar. In summary, the upper mantle beneath southern British Columbia is dominated by spinel lherzolite but contains some banding on a scale of cm to meters. The temperature in the upper mantle is 950° C at a depth of 30–60 km.On leave from the Geological Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan     

Exsolution of garnet within clinopyroxene of mantle eclogites: major- and trace-element chemistry

Eclogite xenoliths from the mantle have experienced a wide variety of processes and P-T conditions, many of which are recorded in the mineral compositions and textures. Exsolution of garnet from clinopyroxene is one such texture, occurring in a minority of mantle eclogites. New analyses of clinopyroxene and garnet of eclogite xenoliths from kimberlites at Bellsbank (South Africa) and Obnazhënnaya (Yakutia, Russia) are presented here, and these are combined with data from the literature. Exsolution of garnet from clinopyroxene is generally lamellar, although lens-shaped garnets are also present. Major- and trace-element characteristics show a wide range of compositions and include eclogite Groups A, B, and C. Rare-earth element (REE) concentrations of garnet and pyroxene were determined by SIMS, and the REE patterns are subtly different from those in ordinary eclogites. Differences include the absence of prominent Eu anomalies in samples of this study and differences in the slopes of chondrite-normalized REE patterns. It is possible that these signatures are unique to exsolved eclogites, a result of subsolidus elemental partitioning during exsolution. Some reconstructed whole-rock compositions are aluminuous; comparison with ordinary eclogites shows only minor differences, implying a similar origin. If the immediate precursor to the exsolved eclogites was a monomineralic pyroxenite, the excess aluminium was tied up in Tschermak's molecule, although the occasional presence of kyanite exsolution lamellae is indicative of a Ca-Eskola component. Reconstructed pyroxenes from kyanite- and corundum-rich samples contain unrealistic amounts of aluminium for mantle pyroxenes. A protolith (or parental pyroxene) threshold of 24% Al₂O₃ may exist, above which (as in a plagioclase cumulate) the final assemblage is kyanite- and/or corundum-bearing.     

Petrogenesis of voluminous mid-Tertiary ignimbrites of the Sierra Madre Occidental,Chihuahua, Mexico

The mid-Tertiary ignimbrites of the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico constitute the largest continuous rhyolitic province in the world. The rhyolites appear to represent part of a continental magmatic arc that was emplaced when an eastward-dipping subduction zone was located beneath western Mexico.In the Batopilas region of the northern Sierra Madre Occidental the mid-Tertiary Upper Volcanic sequence is composed predominantly of rhyolitic ignimbrites, but volumetrically minor lava flows as mafic as basaltic andesite are also present. The basaltic andesite to rhyolite series is calc-alkalic and contains 1% K₂O at 60% SiO₂. Trace element abundances of a typical ignimbrite with 73% SiO₂ are Sr 225 ppm, Rb 130 ppm, Y 32 ppm, Th 12 ppm, Zr 200 ppm, and Nb 15 ppm. The entire series plots as coherent and continuous trends on variation diagrams involving major and trace elements, and the trends are distinct from those of geographicallyassociated rocks of other suites. We interpret these and other geochemical variations to indicate that the rocks are comagmatic. Mineral chemistry, Sr isotopic data, and REE modelling support this interpretation.Least squares calculations show that the major element variations are consistent with formation of the basaltic andesite to rhyolite series by crystal fractionation of observed phenocryst phases in approximate modal proportions. In addition, calculations modelling the behavior of Sr with the incompatible trace element Th favor a fractional crystallization origin over a crustal anatexis origin for the rock series. The fractionating minerals included plagioclase (> 50%), and lesser amounts of Fe-Ti oxides, pyroxenes, and/or hornblende. The voluminous ignimbrites represent no more than 20% of the original mass of a mantle-derived mafic parental magma.     

Zur tektonischen Entwicklung Chiles im Känozoikum

Zusammenfassung Epirogenetische Oszillationen bestimmten nach lithostratigraphischen Befunden in der chilenischen Küstenzone während des Känozoikums zunehmend die tektonische Entwicklung. Unterschiede in der Bewegungsintensität und das Anhalten von Bruchtektonik bis in jüngste Zeit vorwiegend im Süden des Landes deuten eine Zweigliederung an, in der ein mobilerer Bereich südlich von etwa 39° südl. Br. dem stetiger bewegten Mittel- und Nordchile gegenübersteht. Verlauf und Dynamik des submarinen Chile-Rückens bieten hierfür eine Erklärungsmöglichkeit. Die komplexe Regelung der Strukturlinien in ganz Chile kann ebenfalls mit derartigen ozeanischen Einflüssen in Verbindung gebracht werden.

---

Growing importance of epeirogenic oscillations during structural development in Cenozoic time is indicated by lithostratigraphic observations in the coastal zone of Chile. Late movements were of unequal intensity in the southern and central-northern parts of the country, effective faulting being continued into the Holocene mainly in the more mobile area south of about 39° S. The region north of this line has developed at a steadier pace since middle Pliocene time. Position and dynamics of the submarine Chile Ridge may explain this. Complexely ordered structural patterns in all of Chile may be related to comparable oceanic influences.

---

Resumen Los resultados de unos estudios litoestratigräficos en la zona costera de Chile indican que oscilaciones epirogenéticas aumentaron en importancia como factor del desarrollo estructural durante el Cenozoico. En el carácter de los movimientos tardíos, más intensivos y diferenciados por fallas al sur del paralelo 39° Sur, se basa una subdivision tentativa del pais. Al norte de este limite, el desarrollo tectónico fué más tranquilo ya desde el Plioceno medio. La posición y el dinamismo del Chile Ridge submarino podrian explicar este fenómeno. También parece ser relacionado a influencias oceánicas comparables, el arreglo complejo de Iíneas estructurales en Chile.

---

, . - . 39° , , . . .

     

Problems and discussion on Precambrian series of the Hesperic Massif (Western Iberian Peninsula)

In this paper, different Precambrian series of Hesperic Massif have been described, using some data taken from different bibliography and unpublished data by the authors. The relation among them have been discussed and also their problems stated.These Precambrian series are forming the anticlinorium nuclei of hercynian structure. The incomplete understanding of these series, as well as their occurrence in distant and isolated outcrops, give place to doubtful interpretations when traying to establish the stratigraphical sequence and he correlation among the different series.The discussion implied from the global study of these problems permit us, provisionally, to establish a general stratigraphy and a possible correlation among different units.All these series constitue an Upper Precambrian; within it three groups have been differentiated: lower group consisting of basic and ultrabasic complexes; intermediate group with a very important acid volcanism and derivated rocks, and finally upper group where pelitic schists and greywackes prevail.

---

Zusammenfassung Anhand von bereits bestehender Literatur und noch unveröffentlichten Forschungsergebnissen der Verfasser sollen die verschiedenen präkambrischen Serien des Hesperischen Massivs beschrieben, ihre Beziehung zueinander erörtert und die durch sie auftretenden Probleme behandelt werden. Alle diese Serien bilden Sattelkerne in den herzynischen Strukturen.Da wir bis heute nur über unvollständige Kenntnisse dieser Formationen verfügen und aufgrund ihres Vorkommens an weit voneinander entfernt liegenden Orten, treten bei dem Versuch, ihre Stratigraphie festzulegen und eine Wechselbeziehung zwischen den verschiedenen Serien herzustellen, eine Reihe von Problemen auf.Betrachtet man diese Probleme als Gesamtkomplex, ist es möglich, eine vorläufige Gesamt-Stratigraphie sowie eine wahrscheinliche Wechselbeziehung zwischen den verschiedenen Einheiten aufzuzeigen.Alle Serien gehören in das jüngere Präkambrium, das in drei Teile aufgegliedert werden kann: der unterste Teil wird aus basischen und ultrabasischen Komplexen gebildet, der mittlere Teil setzt sich aus bedeutenden sauren Vulkanismen und daraus hervorgegangenem Gestein zusammen, während der oberste Teil vor allem aus pelitischen Schiefern und Grauwacken besteht.

---

Resumen Se describen con datos bibliográficos e inéditos de los autores las distintas series precámbricas del Macizo Hespérico, discutiendo las relaciones entre ellas y planteando su problemática.Estos precámbricos forman núcleos anticlinoriales de las estructuras hercínicas. El incompleto conocimiento que hasta hoy se tiene de estos terrenos y su afloramiento en zonas distantes y aisladas, da lugar a problemas de interpretación, al intentar establecer una estratigrafía y una correlación entre las diferentes series.La discusión que se plantea al estudiar estos problemas globalmente, permite establecer provisionalmente una estratigrafía de conjunto y la posible correlación entre las diferentes unidades.Todas estas series constituyen un Precámbrico Superior en el que se han podido diferenciar 3 conjuntos:Uno inferior constituido por complejos básicos y ultrabásicos; otro medio con importantes volcanismos ácidos y rocas derivadas; y otro superior formado por esquistos pelíticos y grauvacas predominantemente.

---

Résumé Par des données bibliographiques et inedites les auteurs décrivent les differentes séries precambriènnes du Massif Hésperique, en discutant leurs rapports et en établissant leurs problèmes.Toutes ces séries se situent aux coeurs des anticlinaux dans les structures hercyniennes; leur connaissance insuffisante, aussi bien que leurs affleurements distants et isolés, causent des problèmes d'interprétation dés que l'on tente d'établir une stratigraphie générale et une corrélation entre les différentes séries.La discussion générale de ces problèmes nous a permis de définir une stratigraphie d'ensemble et la possibilité d'une corrélation des différentes unités.Toutes ces séries appartiennent au Précambrien Supérieur, qui comprend trois ensembles: Un ensemble inférieur formé de complexes basiques et ultrabasiques, un autre intermédiaire avec volcanites acides et roches dérivées et, finalement, un ensemble supérieur pélitique-grauvackeux.

---

. . .- , , , . , , . , : ; , , qa .

     

Sedimentary provenance of Mid-Devonian clastic sediments in the Teplá-Barrandian Unit (Bohemian Massif): U–Pb and Pb–Pb geochronology of detrital zircons by laser ablation ICP-MS

Summary The provenance of the Mid-Devonian clastic sediments in the Teplá-Barrandian Unit (TBU) of the Bohemian Massif was investigated by laser ablation ICP-MS U–Pb zircon dating, bulk sediment geochemistry and mineralogical study of the heavy mineral fraction. In contrast to the island arc provenance of the TBU Neoproterozoic sediments, the Early Palaeozoic sediments contain significant amounts of differentiated crustal material. The detrital zircon populations in the Barrandian Mid-Devonian siltstones and sandstones show ages ranging from Archaean (3.0Ga) to Early Palaeozoic (0.39Ga). Major age maxima are at 2.6Ga, 2.0–2.25Ga, 0.62 and 0.51Ga. The youngest identified zircons so far correspond to Lower and Mid-Devonian ages. The extensive mechanical abrasion of zircons having Archaean (3.0, 2.8 and 2.6Ga) to Paleoproterozoic ages (2.25–2.0Ga) suggest their provenance from recycled old sedimentary sequences. The relatively large number of zircons with ages between 2.0 and 3.0Ga may indicate the presence of relicts of the Archaean/Paleoproterozoic crust in the source areas of the studied Mid-Devonian sediments. The absence of detrital zircon ages between 0.9 and 1.2Ga and the presence of zircon ages of 2.0–2.25 and 0.5–0.8Ga correspond to the zircon age pattern from the Gondwana-related North African, rather than Gondwana-related South American and Baltic terranes. The material was entering the basin predominantly from the west and consisted primarily of detrital material of Cambrian granitoids and recycled material of Neoproterozoic meta-sedimentary sequences.     

Bergfußflächen und das System der Flächenbildung in den ariden Subtropen und Tropen

Zusammenfassung In den Trockengebieten sind in der Fußregion von Bergen und Gebirgen ausgedehnte Fußflächen entstanden. Sie sind Ausgleichsflächen zwischen den in Abtragung befindlichen höheren Reliefteilen und den tiefer liegenden Vorlandebenen. Zerschnitten oder unzerschnitten haben sie entscheidenden Anteil am gesamten Flächenrelief. Die Tendenz zur Erhaltung älterer Flächenteile prägt das Gesamtbild des Flächenreliefs der ariden Zone. Bereiche der Zerschneidung und solche der Flächenerhaltung schließen sich klimazonal nicht aus. Die Morphogenese aller Fußflächen beginnt mit der ersten syn- bzw. posttektonischen Anlage einer Initialfläche.Fußflächen mit mehreren Niveaus und Terrassen bilden auf morphologisch weichen (wechselharten) Sedimentgesteinen ein Glacis-System, während besonders auf Kristallingestein ausgedehnte Pedimentflächen entstanden sind. Mit zunehmend ariderem Klima sind alle Fußflächen wenig oder nicht mehr zerschnitten. Morphogenetisch sind Glacis und Pedimente gleichartige Bildungen desselben klimatisch-geomorphologischen Systems der ariden Zone, morphographisch zeigen sie Unterschiede.Die ariden Subtropen und Tropen bilden klimatisch-morphologisch ein eigenes morphodynamisches und genetisches System der Flächenbildung auf der Erde.

---

In arid regions wide piedmont plains (Fußflächen) have been formed as the glacis of higher mountains. They are compensation levels (Ausgleichsflächen) between higher parts of relief which are at present eroded, and the lower foreland plains. Whether they are dissected or not, they constitute a large part of all plains. The trend to conserve older parts of the relief is reflected in the whole appearance of the arid zone. Regions of erosions and of plain conservation do not exclude each other in the same climatic zone. The morphogenesis of all piedmont plains begins with a first syntectonic or posttectonic disposition towards an Initial plain (Initialfläche).Piedmont plains with various levels and terraces may develop as a glacissystem on alternatively soft and hard sediments, while on crystalline material extensive rock pediments are formed.In a climate becoming more arid, dissection of all piedmont plains decreases. From a morphogenetic point of view, glacis and rock pediments are similar formations of the same climatic-geomorphological system of the arid zone. Only morphographically they show differences.With regard to climatic morphology, the arid subtropics and tropics have their own morphodynamic and genetic system of plain formation.

---

Résumé Dans les zones arides, des glacis étendus se sont formés dans les régions de piémont. Ils représentent des « surfaces d'aplanissement » entre les régions élevées du relief et les plaines de piémont en contre-bas. Les glacis, qu'ils soient entaillés ou non, ont une part importante dans le relief des surfaces d'érosion de la zone aride. La tendance à la conservation d'aplanissements anciens est caractéristique dans cette zone dans laquelle l'érosion linéaire et la conservation des glacis d'érosion sont de la même efficacité. La morphogenèse de tous les glacis dérive d'une « surface initiale » syntectonique ou post-tectonique, qui est la surface de départ.Les glacis sur roches sédimentaires (peu résistantes ou tendres) présentent une morphologie typique comportant plusieurs niveaux de glacis et terrasses (système de glacis). Dans le domaine des roches résistentes et moins hétérogènes, surtout sur roche cristalline, dominent souvent des surfaces pédimentaire étendues et moins inclinées. Les glacis et les pédiments sont de moins en moins entaillés en fonction de l'aridité croissante du climat. Génétiquement, tous les deux sont des unités du relief très voisines du système zonal aride, morphographiquement ils présentent des différences.Le système morphodynamique et génétique de la zone aride (subtropicale et tropicale) constitue, à côté de la zone tropicale humide, l'un des grands ensembles morphoclimatiques du globe.

---

. . . . . . , . . - , . - .

---

---

Eine zusammenfassende, bisher unveröffentlichte Darstellung der Flächenbildung in ariden Klimagebieten hat der Verfasser erstmalig auf einem Symposium über Fragen der Flächenbildung in den Tropen und Subtropen in Saarbrücken im Oktober 1967 gegeben. Auf der Jahrestagung der Geologischen Vereinigung in Göttingen im Februar 1968 wurde ebenfalls über diesen Fragenkreis der klimageomorphologischen Forschung referíert. Dieser Beitrag gibt den Inhalt der genannten Vorträge wieder.     

A zone of mylonite and related ductile deformation beneath the alpujarride nappe complex,betic cordilleras,S. Spain

A zone of mylonite is commonly developed beneath the Alpujarride nappe complex. The contact with the underlying Nevado-Filabride Complex is marked by a zone of calc mylonite, dolomitic breccia, iron-rich carbonate rocks, and marble. These lie on a thin zone of ultramylonite derived from Nevado-Filabride schist. Related ductile deformation decreases downwards, but may extend up to 400 m beneath the contact. This deformation produces a characteristic platy foliation, a strong elongation lineation, and a proto-mylonitic microstructure. Kinematic analysis of these rocks may help determine the direction of nappe transport.Mylonitic or protomylonitic microstructures are not developed in the Alpujarride rocks, although these are strongly deformed adjacent to the contact. Microstructural evidence suggests that deformation occurred by pressure-solution in these rocks, and not by the crystal-plastic processes that operated in the Nevado-Filabride protomylonitic schists.

---

Zusammenfassung Im Liegenden des Deckengebäudes der Alpujarriden findet sich an vielen Stellen eine Mylonitzone. Der Kontakt mit den unterlagernden nevado-filabriden Gesteinen ist durch Kalkmylonite, Dolomitbrekzien, eisenreiche Karbonate und Marmore markiert. Diese liegen auf einer dünnen Zone von Ultramylonit, der sich aus nevado-filabriden Glimmerschiefern entwickelt hat. Diese plastische Verformung nimmt zum Liegenden hin ab, kann aber bis zu 400 m unterhalb des Deckenkontaktes reichen. Sie erzeugt eine charakteristische, plattige Schieferung, eine stark ausgeprägte Streckungslineation und eine protomylonitische Mikrostruktur. Mit einer kinematischen Analyse dieser Gesteine kann die Transportrichtung der Deckeneinheiten bestimmt werden.Die Glimmerschiefer und Phyllite alpujarrider Zuordnung besitzen keine mylonitische Mikrostruktur, obwohl sie stark deformiert sind. Dies deutet darauf hin, daß, im Gegensatz zum intrakristallinen Gleiten in den nevado-filabriden Protomyloniten, vor allem Drucklösung als Deformationsmechanismus anzusehen ist.

---

Resumen Bajo el complejo de mantos de los Alpujárrides se observa comunmente el desarrollo de una zona milonitica. El contacto de dicho complejo con el de Nevado-Filabride está señalado por una zona de calcomilonitas, brechas dolomiticas, rocas carbonatadas ricas en hierro y mármoles. Estos se situan en una zona estrecha de ultramilonitas que se derivan de los esquistos del Nevado-Filabride, La deformación dúctil asociada decrece en sentido descendente, pero puedo extenderse hasta 400 m por debajo del contacto. Esta deformation produce una foliación planar characterística, una lineación de extensión muy pronunciada y una microestructura protomilonítica. Los análisis cinemáticos de éstas rocas pueden ayudar a determinar la dirección de transporte de los mantos.Las microestructuras miloníticas y protomyloníticas no se desarrollan en las rocas Alpujárrides, aunque dichas rocas están fuertemente deformadas junto al contacto. Las observaciones microestructurales sugieren que la deformación tuvo lugar por «pressure-solution» y no por procesos de plasticidad cristalina como los operantes en los esquistos protomiloníticos del Nevado-Filabride.

---

. - , , . , -. , 400 . , , . . , . , - , .

     

The collision tectonics of the southern Greek Neotethys

Continental collision in the Aegean area has produced a collage of micro-continental blocks, which were accreted to the active margin of Eurasia in Early Tertiary times. Studies undertaken in the Argolis Peninsula of southern Greece, located at the southern end of the Pelagonian continental terrane, confirm that this block was rifted from Gondwana in Mid Triassic times. By Mid Jurassic times at the latest, actively spreading oceanic basins had opened in both the Pindos and Vardar Zones on either side of this block. Identification of Late Cretaceous oceanic basalts within an accretionary complex in the eastern Argolis Peninsula extends the history of the Neotethys beyond Late Jurassic ophiolite emplacement, previously believed to be the result of continental collision. The Cretaceous ocean basins were relict Jurassic features, as no rifting event is known which can account for their formation following ophiolite obduction. After a phase of Late Cretaceous oceanic spreading in the eastern Vardar oceanic basin, Early Tertiary collision occurred as a result of northeast-dipping subduction along the eastern margins of both Pindos and Vardar branches of the Neotethys. Two distinct nappe emplacement vectors are identified in the Argolis Peninsula. After accounting for Neotectonic rotations these are interpreted to reflect SW-directed orthogonal collision in the west and NW-directed emplacement in the east, resulting from tranpressional collision along the southern end of the Pelagonian block.

---

Zusammenfassung Durch Kontinentkollision ist in der Ägäis eine Vielzahl von Mikrokontinenten entstanden, die im frühen Tertiär an den aktiven Kontinentalrand Eurasiens angeschweißt wurden. Untersuchungen auf der Halbinsel Argolis, Süd-Griechenland, ehemals am Südende des Pelagonia-Terranes gelegen, zeigen, daß dieser Block in der Mittleren Trias von Gondwana getrennt wurde. Spätestens im Mittel-Jura hatten sich beiderseits des Blockes, im Pindos und Vardargebiet Ozeanbecken mit aktiven Spreadingzongen gebildet. In einem Akkretionsgebiet auf der östlichen Argolis konnten spätkretazische ozeanische Basalte gefunden werden. Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Neotethys kann dadurch bis nach der spätjurassischen Ophiolithbildung ausgedehnt werden, die früher als das Ergebnis einer Kontinentkollision angesehen wurde.Bei den kretazischen Ozeanbecken muß es sich um Relikte aus der Jurazeit handeln, da nach der Ophiolithobduktion keine Riftereignisse mehr bekannt sind, die zu ihrer Bildung geführt haben könnten.Nach einer Spreadingphase im östlichen Vardarbecken in der späten Kreide, begann im frühen Tertiär die NE-abtauchende Subduktion der Neotethys an den Osträndern der Pindos- und Vardarbecken.Auf Argolis finden sich zwei verschiedene Eingleitrichtungen der Decken. Wenn man die neotektonische Rotation in Betracht zieht, handelt es sich dabei um eine ursprünglich SW-gerichtete orthogonale Kollision im W der Halbinsel und ein NW-gerichtetes Eingleiten im E als Ergebnis transpressionaler Kollision entlang des S-Randes des Pelagonischen Blockes.

---

Résumé Dans la région égéenne, la collision continentale a engendré des blocs micro-continentaux qui ont été accrétionnés à la marge active de l'Eurasie au Tertiaire inférieur. Des études menées dans la presqu'île d'Argolide (Grèce méridionale), située à l'extrémité sud du terrane de Pélagonie, montrent que ce bloc a été détaché du Gondwana au Trias moyen. Au Jurassique moyen au plus tard, des bassins océaniques en expansion active s'étaient ouverts de chaque côté de ce bloc, dans les zones du Pinde et du Vardar. Des basaltes océaniques tardi-crétacés ont été identifiés au sein d'un complexe d'accrétionnement en Argolide orientale; cette découverte permet d'étendre l'histoire de la Néotéthys au-delà de la mise en place des ophiolites tardi-jurassiques considérées jusqu'ici comme témoins de la collision continentale.Les bassins océaniques crétacés doivent être des reliques des structures jurassiques, car depuis l'obduction des ophiolites on ne connaît plus aucun rifting qui aurait pu provoquer leur formation. A une phase d'extension d'âge crétacé supérieur dans le bassin océanique du Vardar oriental a succédé la collision au Tertiaire inférieur, résultat d'une subduction descendant vers le NE le long de la bordure est des deux bassins du Pinde et du Vardar.En Argolide en peut identifier deux directions de mise en place des nappes. Après déduction des rotations dues à la néotectonique, ces directions peuvent s'interpréter comme le reflet d'une collision orthogonale vers le SW peuvent s'interpréter comme le reflet d'une collision orthogonale vers le SW dans l'ouest de la presqu'île et d'une mise en place vers le NW dans sa partie est, résultant d'une collision avec transpression le long du bord sud du bloc pélagonien.

---

, . , , , - , , . . . , - , , . , .. - , - , . / ., - . . , / , -, / , .

     

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.     

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     

Petrogenesis of a Late Precambrian (575–600 Ma) bimodal suite in Northeast Africa

Late Precambrian crustal evolution in the North Eastern Desert of Egypt occurred in a strongly extensional tectonic environment and was accompanied by abundant bimodal igneous activity. The extrusive and intrusive expressions of this magmatism, known as the Dokhan Volcanics and Pink Granites, respectively, were studied in detail from two areas. The Dokhan Volcanics and associated feeder dikes consist of a mafic suite dominated by andesites (60% SiO₂) and smaller volumes of basalt and a felsic suite composed of rhyolite tuffs, ignimbrites and hypabyssal intrusions (72–78% SiO₂). The rocks of the mafic suite display calc-alkaline trends on an AFM diagram but are enriched in incompatibles such as TiO₂, P₂O₅, K₂O, Rb, Sr, Ba, Zr, Y, Nb, and LREE. Rare earth element patterns are steep, with (Ce/Yb)_n = 7.7 to 16.8. They contain moderate Ni (60 ppm) and Cr (95 ppm), indicating limited low-P fractionation. The melts of the mafic suite are interpreted to have formed either by 25% batch melting of eclogite or by 10% batch melting of LREE-enriched garnet lherzolite. The rocks of the felsic suite include Dokhan rhyolites and the epizonal Pink Granites. These contain 72–78% SiO₂, are metaluminous and peraluminous, and have the high K₂O/Na₂O and FeO^*/(FeO^*+MgO) characteristic of post-tectonic, A-type granites. They are moderately enriched in incompatible elements, but their REE patterns overlap with those of the mafic suite, from which they can be distinguished by deep europium anomalies (Eu/Eu^*=0.08–0.64) and flat HREE patterns=((Yb/Er)_n=0.90–1.16). They share with the rocks of the mafic suite isotopic characteristics of depleted mantle, precluding anatexis of much older continental crust. The europium anomalies covary with Sr contents and indicate that plagioclase control was important, while the flat HREE patterns preclude residual garnet in the source. Hence the felsic melts could not have formed by anatexis of garnet-bearing mafic lower crust. Such melts could have formed by anatexis of amphibolite-facies crust, an interpretation which is not favored because the melts are not saturated with P₂O₅. Alternatively, the felsic melts may have formed via low-P fractional crystallization of the mafic melts, with about 2/3 removal of mostly plagioclase and amphibole along with minor apatite and zircon. This may have been accompanied in the latest stages of magmatic evolution by liquid-state fractionation such as thermo-gravitational diffusion or halide complexing.     

Application of mineral thermometers and barometers to granitoid igneous rocks: the Etive Complex, W Scotland

Summary The Etive complex, one of the Caledonian Newer Granites of Scotland, is a ring complex of Devonian age, ranging in composition from pyroxene-diorite to leucogranite. Six samples, representing the major rock units in the southern parts of the Etive complex were chosen for mineral chemical studies and for estimation of the pressure and temperature conditions of magmatic crystallisation. Application of Al- in-hornblende barometry and crossite contents of amphiboles indicates a pressure <3kbar for the intrusion, in good agreement with published independent pressure estimates of 2kbar from mineral equilibria in metasedimentary hornfelses in the Etive thermal aureole. Thermometry, using ternary and binary feldspar systems, yields low temperatures, which probably reflect late-stage, post-magmatic re-equilibration of these minerals. Several geothermometers have been applied to the Quarry Diorite, the outermost intrusion of the complex. The highest temperature for the rocks comes from orthopyroxene–clinopyroxene solvus thermometry, and is 1000°C; this is interpreted to reflect the initial crystallisation of the diorite magma immediately after its emplacement. The maximum temperature from hornblende-plagioclase thermometer is 816°C, which probably reflects late-stage crystallisation of the magma.