Macrofaune des fonds de cailloux du Léman

In Lake Geneva (Switzerland), the macrofauna of the stony lake bottom was studied in seven stations from 1969 to 1971. The modifications in animal communities since the beginning of the century can be attributed partly to the increasing eutrophication of the lake and partly to the introduction of new species. The stations are classified according to the structure of their animal communities, which enables us to deduce the degree of eutrophication of each station. The analysis of factors which influence the animals' microdistribution on lakebottom stones reveals many complicated interactions. As a result of this complexity, further research projects were concentrated on leeches (Hirudinea) which colonize artificial substrates in imitation of the underface of stones.Helobdella stagnalis, Erpobdella octoculata andGlossiphonia complanata form the major part of collected fauna. Density fluctuations, population structures (age groups) and quantitative relations between these three species as well as their vertical and horizontal distribution patterns were examined in great detail.      

Metallogenese im Paläozoikum der Ostalpen

Zusammenfassung Nach der herkömmlichen, seit vier Jahrzehnten vertretenen und seither verschieden abgewandelten Auffassung über die Ostalpenvererzungen spielen paläozoisch entstandene Lagerstätten nur eine bescheidene Rolle. In den vergangenen fünf Jahren meldeten Kollegen aus Deutschland, Italien und österreich Bedenken gegen diese Auffassung an und berichteten von zahlreichen Metallanreicherungen, deren Ursprung paläozoisch gedeutet wird. Der Rahmen ist somit schon nach dem derzeitigen Stand der Kenntnisse beträchtlich größer und geht weit über das hinaus, was bisher als vorvariszische und variszische Lagerstätten bezeichnet wurde. Das gilt nicht nur für die Anzahl der Vorkommen und Lagerstätten, sondern auch für die Vielzahl der Paragenesen. Die Neuergebnisse beziehen sich auf Erzanreicherungen hauptsächlich mit den Metallen Fe, Cu, Mg, Sb, W, Hg und U. Diese Anreicherungen sind in mehreren zeitlichen Zyklen vom Altpaläozoikum bis Perm entstanden und wurden großteils gemeinsam mit dem Nebengestein unterschiedlich metamorphosiert.

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Deposits of paleozoic origin have been considered to be only of minor importance to the conventional concepts of mineralization in the Eastern Alps. During the past five years, however, scientists from Germany, Italy and Austria raised doubts as to the correctness of these concepts describing numerous metal enrichments presumably of paleozoic origin. Hence the number of deposits and the variety of parageneses is much greater than has hitherto been assumed. The new results refer to ores enriched mainly with the following metals: Fe, Cu, Mg, Sb, W, Hg and U. The origin of these enrichments has to be attributed to several cycles from the old Paleozoic through the Permian. They were subject to different metamorphic changes together with the accessory rock.

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Résumé Suivant l'interprétation traditionelle, soutenue et différement changée durant une période de 40 ans, parmi les minéralisations métalliques des Alpes Orientales les gisements d'âge paléozoÏque ne jouent qu'un rÔle subordonné. Dans les cinq dernières années des collègues allemands, italiens et autrichiens ont presenté des objections á cette interprétation et ont fait état des nombreuses concentrations métallifères, dont l'origine doit Être placée au PaléozoÏque. La cadre est donc dévenu, déjà dans l'état actuel des connaissances, plus large et bien plus nombreux sont les gisements qui peuvent Être considérés d'âge pré-hercynien ou hercynien. Cette conclusion est valable non seulement pour le nombre des manifestations et des gisements, mais aussi pour la multiplicité des paragenèses. Les nouveaux résultats concernent surtout les concentrations des métaux Fe, Cu, Mg, Sb, W, Hg et U. Ces concentrations ont été engendrées chronologiquement durants de nombreux cycles, du PaléozoÏque ancien au Permien, et ont été pour la plupart métamorphisées, parallèlement avec leurs roches encaissantes, à divers degrés d'intensité.

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Analysis of type of tectonic strain in polyphased deformed Molare area,Tessin, Switzerland,using deformed pebbles

The plots of axial ratios, X/Y and Y/Z, of deformed pebbles of quartz and quartzite occupy the constriction field. It is proved by comparision of observed data with the theoretical models, that the finite shapes of deformed pebbles showing constriction-type deformation ellipsoid has resulted due to superimposition of the schistosity forming flattening-type deformation of F₂ phase on the nappe forming flattening-type of F₁ deformation phase. The deformed shapes of pebbles indicate that the principal direction of maximum extension (X) of the finite deformation ellipsoid lie parallel to subparallel to the axial directions of F₂ and F₃ folds.

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Zusammenfassung Diagrammdarstellungen der Achsenverhältnisse X/Y und Y/Z ergeben für deformierte Quarz- und Quarzitgerölle eine Lage im Konstriktionsfeld. Durch Vergleich der Beobachtungsdaten mit theoretischen Modellen wird nachgewiesen, daß die finiten Umrisse deformierter Gerölle mit einem Deformationsellipsoid vom Konstriktionstyp sich aus der überlagerung der die Schieferung verursachenden Deformationsphase F₂ mit Plättungstyp über die deckenbildende Deformationsphase F₁ mit Plättungstyp ergaben. Die deformierten Umrisse der Gerölle zeigen, daß die Hauptrichtung größter Extension (X) des finiten Deformationsellipsoides parallel oder annähernd parallel zur Achsenrichtung der F₂- und F₃-Falten liegt.

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Résumé Les diagrammes de rapports d'axes X/Y et Y/Z relatifs à la déformation de galets de quartz et de quartzite montrent une localisation dans un champ de constriction. En comparant les données de l'observation avec des modèles théoriques on voit que les contours des galets déformés suivant un ellipsoÏde de déformation du type constriction résultent de la superposition de la phase de déformation F₂, du type applatissement, déterminant la schistosité, sur la phase de déformation F₁, du mÊme type, liée aux nappes. Les contours déformés des galets montrent que la direction principale de la plus grande extension (X) de l'ellipsoÏde de déformation affine est parallèle, ou approximativement parallèle, à la direction des axes des plis F₂ et F₃.

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Petrology of some lithic fragments of alkalic high-alumina basalt composition from Apollo 12 coarse fines

Summary The mineralogy and petrology of three lithic fragments of alkalic highalumina basalt (Kreep) composition from the Apollo 12 coarse fines was studied in detail, using an electron microprobe, in order to gain insight into their crystallization histories. Most rocks of this composition are brecciated and our study indicates that a variety of environments of crystallization can be distinguished for mineral fragments and matrices. Mineral fragments are derived from members of the ANT suite (probably troctolites) in fragments 2 and 5, and the alkalic high-alumina basalt suite in fragment 3. The rocks from which they were derived were coarse-grained, recrystallized and equilibrated, as indicated by major, and especially, minor elements. Minor elements in plagioclase, olivine, pyroxene, and zircon are consistently lower in mineral fragments as compared with matrix minerals. The origin of large zircon fragments is problematic but they are probably from the alkalic high-alumina basalt suite. Mineral fragments may have been derived from plutonic rocks (none have yet been recognized from the alkalic high-alumina basalt suite), but possibly also from breccia fragments which were recrystallized in hot, thick ejecta blankets. The matrix of the lithic fragments is of alkalic high-alumina basalt composition and is either igneous or metamorphic, or both. Hence, lithic fragments 2 and 5 are polymict breccias whereas fragment 3 is a monomict breccia. Matrix glasses in fragments 2 and 3 represent melts fractionated along the orthopyroxeneplagioclase cotectic in the olivine-anorthite-silica pseudoternary system. If these liquids could be separated from the residuum and crystallized they would be, as yet, unrecognized members of the alkalic high-alumina basalt suite. The alkalic high-alumina basalt mixing component of fragment 5 (a polymict breccia) has such a composition and may be derived from such a fractionated rock. A mineral fragment of pyroxene intergrown with ilmenite, approximately parallel to (001), is interpreted as decorated shock lamellae rather than as a deep-seated intergrowth, as found in kimberlites. A glass coating on one side of fragment 3 has SiO₂-rich and feldspathic schlieren and appears to be derived, by impact melting, from a rock of granite composition.

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Petrologie einiger Gesteinsfragmente mit alkalic high-alumina basalt Chemismus aus dem Grobanteil von Apollo 12 Bodenproben

Zusammenfassung Drei Gesteinsfragmente mit alkalic high-alumina basalt (Kreep) Chemismus aus der Grobraktion von Apollo 12 Bodenproben wurden mittels einer Elektronenstrahl-Mikrosonde einer detaillierten Studie unterzogen, um Einblick in ihre Genese zu gewinnen. Der überwiegende Teil von Gesteinen dieser Zusammensetzung ist brekziös und unsere Studie zeigt, daß unterschiedliche Kristallisationsbedingungen für die Mineralfragmente und Matrizes herrschten. Die Mineralfragmente in den Fragmenten 2 und 5 stammen von Gesteinen der ANT- (Anorthositisch-Noritisch-Troctolitischen) Reihe (wahrscheinlich von Troctoliten) und in Fragment 3 von Gesteinen der alkalic high-alumina basalt-Reihe.Die Verteilung der Haupt- und Nebenelemente in den Mineralfragmenten zeigt, daß diese von rekristallisierten und equilibrierten, grobkörnigen Gesteinen stammen. Die Konzentrationen der Nebenelemente sind in allen Mineralfragmenten (Plagioklas, Olivin und Zirkon) deutlich geringer als in den Mineralen der Matrix. Die Herkunft der großen Zirkon-Fragmente ist nicht genau zu klären. Sie stammen jedoch wahrscheinlich von Gesteinen der alkalic high-alumina basalt-Reihe. Alle Mineralfragmente könnten von plutonischen Gesteinen stammen (solche sind von der alkalic highalumina basalt-Reihe zur Zeit noch nicht bekannt), sie könnten ihren Ursprung jedoch auch in prä-existenten Brekzien haben, welche in dichten, heißen Auswurfdecken rekristallisierten. Die Matrix der Gesteinsfragmente hat durchwegs eine alkalic high-alumina basalt Zusammensetzung und ist entweder magmatisch oder metamorph, oder beides. Die Fragmente 2 und 5 sind daher als polymikte und das Fragment 3 als monomikte Brekzie zu bezeichnen.Die Matrixgläser in den fragmenten 2 und 3 repräsentieren Rest-schmelzen, welche entlang der Orthopyroxen-Plagioklas-Kotektik im Olivin-Anorthit-SiO₂-System fraktionierten. Diese Schmelzen würden-könnten sie vom System getrennt werden-bisher noch nicht bekannte Glieder der alkalic high-alumina basalt-Reihe darstellen. Eine derartige Zusammensetzung hat jedoch die Mischkomponente im Fragment 5 (eine polymikte Brekzie), welche von einem auf diesem Wege fraktioniertem Gestein stammen könnte.Ilmenit-Lamellen [subparallel zu (001)] in einem Pyroxenfragment stellen eher dekorierte Schocklamellen als Verwachsungen, wie sie aus Kimberliten bekannt sind, dar. Fragment 3 ist einseitig mit einem schlierigen Glas bedeckt, dessen Schlieren angenähert die Zusammensetzung von Alkalifeldspat und reinem SiO₂ haben. Dieses Glas ist offensichtlich eine Impakt-Schmelze eines Gesteines von granitischer Zusammensetzung.

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Rb-Sr whole-rock dating of late diagenetic to anchimetamorphic,palaeozoic sediments in southern France (Montagne Noire)

Rb-Sr whole-rock and mineral analyses are reported from Early Paleozoic sediments of the southern rim of the French Central Massif (Montagne Noire). The sediments—mainly pelites, silt- and sandstones—can be separated into three different zones (A, B, and C) according to their varying degrees of deformation and transformation, which took place during the Hercynian (= Variscan) orogeny (Carboniferous). For the least deformed, folded but not schistose, fossiliferous Lower Ordovician sediments (zone A), a scatter of the data points resulted, at least partly due to the varying amount of detrital muscovites, which did not equilibrate their Sr isotopes with those of the clay minerals. Fossiliferous Middle Cambrian sediments (zone B), however, are colinear in an isochron plot. The rocks are also folded, and show a beginning schistosity in the pelitic layers. The age of 333±16 m.y. therefore does not correspond to the time of sedimentation, as one would expect from most of the interpretations given in the literature. It is, however, in close agreement with the stratigraphically known time of folding and anchimetamorphism. The same result, within analytical error, of 326±17 m.y. was obtained for Lower Ordovician sediments (zone C), which show a schistosity not only in the pelites but also in some psammitic layers. As for the sediments of zone B, this result indicates open whole-rock systems for Rb and/or Sr during folding and anchimetamorphism. Minerals extracted from psammites of zones B and C gave the following results: albite coincides with the isochrons; detrital muscovites do not coincide and yield ages of about 650 m.y. (Cadomian orogeny) for both zone B and C sediments; detrital chlorites from zone B sediments seem to be only partly reset by anchimetamorphism and therefore plot closer to the whole-rock isochron. From this it must be concluded that an increasing amount of these detrital micas could significantly shift the position of the total-rock points, as might be the case for zone A sediments. From the whole-rock results of zone B and C sediments and the mineralogical and petrological changes during diagenesis and anchimetamorphism we conclude that many of the isochrons obtained from stratigraphically uncontrollable Precambrian sediments should be reinterpreted in favour of metamorphic and not sedimentary ages, especially if the metamorphism reached greenschist facies conditions. Devonian and Cambrian limestones intercalated between the pelites, silstones and sandstones contain Sr of a variable and slightly radiogenic isotopic composition in contrast to the expected ancient sea water Sr. This fact is interpreted again in favour of open whole-rock systems during the postdepositional history of the rock, rather than primary scatter of ancient, radiogenic sea water Sr.     

Isotopic U-Pb ages of monazites and zircons from the crust-mantle transition and adjacent units of the ivrea and ceneri zones (Southern Alps,Italy)

The Ivrea zone forms a part of the Southern Alps and is composed of basic rocks interfingered with granulite facies acidic rocks. According to geophysical evidence, this zone represents the transition between crust and uplifted and overthrusted mantle. Towards the Ceneri zone the metamorphic grade changes to amphibolite facies. Paragneisses, migmatites and anatectic gneisses dominate, within which postmetamorphic granites occur. Concordant monazite U-Pb ages of 275+2 m.y. were obtained from paragneisses of the Ivrea zone. The apparent zircon ages are discordant indicating a minimum age of 1900 m.y. for the oldest population and an apparent lead loss of 99 to 85 % about 285–300 m.y. ago. The zircons show features such as rounded habitus, low trace element contents and well ordered crystal lattices characteristic for detrital, recrystallised populations. Monazite from the neighbouring Ceneri zone migmatite yielded concordant U-Pb ages at 295±5 m.y. The discordant zircon age pattern indicates a time of formation of 450 m.y., similar to other newly formed zircons in anatectic rocks of the Ceneri zone, and an episodic or continuous lead loss at, or until 300 m.y. ago. The majority of the zircons are euhedral and have elevated trace element contents, features typical for zircons formed in the present-day host rocks. Concordant, 295±5 m.y. old monazite dates the formation of the postmetamorphic Mont' Orfano granite. Again zircon fractions yielded discordant ages, pointing in contrast to the above discordancies to a recent or continuous lead loss. The concordant ages of the monazites demonstrate the usefulness of this mineral for dating purposes in metamorphic and granitic rocks and contrast with the discordant age patterns of all zircon suites. From the general agreement between the monazite ages and the time of lead loss inferred from the zircon age patterns as well as from the geological relationships of the rocks and their metamorphic grade it is concluded that 295±5 m.y. is the minimum age for the regional granulite to upper amphibolite facies metamorphism of the Ivrea zone and that the uplift and overthrust of the upper mantle started prior to 295 m.y. ago, and that the basic rocks of the Ivrea zone are synmetamorphic intrusions. The decrease from 310–320 m.y. to 170–200 m.y. of the K-Ar and Rb-Sr mineral ages from the Ceneri towards the Ivrea zone is accompanied by decreases from 450 m.y. to 295 m.y. and on to 275 m.y. in the U-Pb ages of monazites. The zircon age pattern also shows a decrease from 450 m.y. to approximately 300 m.y. The main lowering of the ages occurs approximately at the petrographic boundary between the two zones and is related to the Hercynian uplift and overthrust of the mantle which may have started as early as 450 m.y. ago. The Insubric line which terminates the Ivrea zone towards the North must therefore be of pre-Alpine age, or a precursor of the Insubric line must have existed at the time of the mantle uplift.     

Origin of garnet in the basic granulites around Saltora,W. Bengal,India

Garnetiferous basic granulites occur, as parts of hornblende-pyroxene- and pyroxene granulites, in a Precambrian terrain around Saltora. The chemistry of the garnetiferous basic granulites is broadly similar to that of the hornblende-pyroxene granulites, their immediate precursors, but in detail they have distinctly higher Fe/Mg ratios. The compositions of the major mafic silicates of the garnetiferous varieties do not reflect higher pressures of formation: the Jd/Ts ratios in calcic pyroxenes are similar to those from the non-garnetiferous varieties, and the pyrope contents of garnets are low. Exchange equilibrium in respect of major elements was established among the mafic silicates in spite of garnets being late overprints. The orthopyroxene — calcic pyroxene pairs from the garnetiferous granulites show lower values of K _D(Mg-Fe) ^opx-cpx than those from the non-garnetiferous granulites, pointing to lower temperature of equilibration. The K _D(Mg-Fe) ^opx-hbl K _D(Mg-Fe) ^cpx-hbl relations show that the more magnesian triads equilibrated at lower temperatures; viewed against experimental data regarding the effect of Mg/Fe ratios on the appearance of garnets in basic rocks, formation of garnets by cooling is strongly indicated. Several intergrowth textures, especially garnet-ilmenite and garnet-quartz (±albite) symplectites, and modal relations argue in favour of composite reactions of the type hornblende+ quartz-→calcic pyroxene+garnet+albite+H₂O, which couple hornblende breakdown reactions with orthopyroxene+anorthite→garnet reactions. The approximate range of pressure and temperature conditions, estimated from experimental data, are 6–8.5 kb and 750–830° C. Since garnets formed by cooling in iron-rich granulites, the garnetiferous granulites do not represent higher pressure subfacies of the granulite facies.     

Synthesis and thermal stability of 2 \frac{1}{2}-octahedral sodium mica,NaMg2.5 (OH)2∫i4O10]

A new 2 \(\frac{1}{2}\) -octahedral sheet silicate, NaMg_2.5 Si₄O₁₀ (OH)₂, has been synthesized from oxide mixtures in the temperature range 500–600°C at pressures between 1 and 5 kb. The lattice parameters are a ₀ = 5.298 Å, b ₀ = 9.047 Å, c ₀ = 9.479 Å and ß=99.55°. X-ray data are given in the text. At temperatures above 605° C/1 kb and 630° C/5 kb, it decomposes to magnesiorichterite plus quartz.