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[en] The reader may initially be surprised by a comparison between structure analysis and palmistry which is, in effect, a comparison between a scientific research method on the one hand and art which is equated with magical powers on the other. In the figurative sense, however, these two fields have some points in common which should help us to obtain a first impression of the nature of geological structure analysis. Chiromancy uses the lines and the form of the hand to predict the character and the future of the person in question. In the same way, geologists use rocks and rock forms to obtain information on structure and behaviour of different formations. Structure analysis is a specialised field of geological investigation in which traces of deformation are interpreted as expressions of rockforming forces. This article discusses how and why the character of a rock formation as well as its past, present and even future behaviour can be determined using structure analysis. (author) 11 figs
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Strukturanalyse - wir lesen dem Gebirge aus der Hand
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Nagra Informiert; CODEN NAINE; v. 11(2); p. 15-26
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Notas Fis., Cent. Brasil. Pesqui. Fis; v. 17(5); p. 237-246
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[en] Under the main Tras-os-Montes thrust plane, in the easternmost region of the Morais Allochthonous Complex, a geologic unit has been identified. It shows syn-tectonic S2-related andalusite blastesis, representative of low pressure thermal metamorphism. In the studied sector this metamorphism affects essentially the black slaty lithologies present in Neoproterozoic to Silurian formations. This kind of thermal metamorphism is easily distinguishable from the late to post S3 plutonic-related metamorphism, due to the existence of evidence of syn kinematic mineral blastesis with rotation and boudinage, synchronously with S2 development. Syn-kinematic andalusite blastesis seems to affect only the autochthonous Central Iberian Zone rocks and it could be associated to crustal extensional phenomena like the ones identified in the Tormes Gneissic Dome. It is proposed that at least part of this andalusite blast generation could have a distinct origin, reflecting earlier low pressure thermal metamorphic events in inner Variscan orogen zones that were tectonically imbricated to present coordinates during the second Variscan phase. The vertical proximity of only a few hundred meters between extensional structures, to the East, and the compressive ones, to the West of the studied sector, could justify the presence of both pre- and syn-S2 andalusite blasts inside the above mentioned tectono-metamorphic unit. The kinematic criteria (top to SE) are consistent with the ones of the Variscan synorogenic extensional structures placed nearby to the SE, pointing to a possible genetic relation with those crustal thinning processes. (Author) 42 refs.
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Boletin Geologico y Minero; CODEN BGMIA3; v. 121(1); p. 45-56
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[en] In the Lagoa Real region of western Bahia State, Brazil, basement acid gneisses of the Sao Franciso craton (3 GA) show localized zones of uranium enrichment that in places attain ore grade. The enrichment occurs in linear shear-zones associated with retrograde metamorphism and extensive metasomatism of the amphibolite- to granulite-facies basement. Zones of uranium enrichment contain the mineral assemblage plagioclase-epidote-amphibole-aegirine-garnet typical of the epidote-amphbiolite facies. Metasomatic processes include: oxidation, sodium addition, potassium depletion, quartz removal, and addition of U-V-V and some REE. The typical product is dominated by albite and a sodic pyroxene. Oxygen-isotope data for quartz (-0.02 per thousand), albite (-1.95 per thousand), magnetite (-8.70 per thousand) and pyroxene (-4.15 per thousand) show that fluids involved were approximately -4 per thousand and that the major phase of alteration occurred near 500 degrees C. This is confirmed by fluid-inclusion studies, which also show the presence of highly saline fluids. A model is proposed in which a slice of Archean basement (approximately 15 km thick) has been thrust to the west over Proterozoic sediments. Isotopically light formation-brines carrying uranium have been expelled through hydrofractures into the hotter over-thrust plate, causing the observed mineralogical and chemical changes. The rocks provide an example of mobilization of U and some trace elements from a saline, organic-matter-rich, low-temperature environment, with precipitation in response to rising temperatures
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Canadian Mineralogist; ISSN 0008-4476;
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[en] The Riás Schists crop out in the so-called Iberian Variscan parautochthon, surrounding the Malpica-Tui Complex (NW Iberian Massif), as part of the westernmost internal areas of the European Variscan belt. Three Variscan metamorphic events have been identified in the Riás Schists (M1, M2 and post-M2). M1 comprise unoriented microinclusions that have only been identified in garnet porphyroblast cores and inside staurolite crystals. M2, comprises the matrix foliation (S2) and the assemblage garnetRIM + staurolite + muscovite + biotite + chlorite + rutile/ilmenite + magnetite + quartz and the development of syntectonic andalusite. Finally, postM2 (post-S2) includes andalusite and plagioclase together with secondary muscovite, biotite and chlorite and accessory tourmaline, Fe/Ti oxides, apatite and carbonate. Results of multi-equilibrium thermobarometry (pressure-temperature pseudosections), for M2 indicates a medium-pressure Barrovian metamorphic event (0.5-0.6 GPa; 580-570 o C; ca. 20 km deep), followed by moderate cooling during decompression, together with the extensional collapse of the Variscan orogenic pile (post-M2; 0.3 GPa; 540 o C; ca. 10 km deep). Inferred P T conditions in the Riás Schists, and their spatial relationship with the overlying allochthonous high-pressure pelitic schists (i.e. Ceán Schists), suggest that both lithologies were part of the same continental margin during the beginning of the Variscan orogeny. However, they experienced very different ectonothermal evolutions due to their putative locations in the orogenic wedge.
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Los Esquistos de Riás afloran en el parautóctono del orógeno Varisco de Iberia, en el entorno del Complejo de Malpica-Tui (NO del Macizo Ibérico), en el sector interno más occidental de la Cadena Varisca Europea. Se han identificado tres eventos metamórficos en los Esquistos de Riás (M1, M2 y post-M2). M1 incluye microinclusiones sin orientación preferente que sólo se han identificado en los núcleos de los porfiroblastos de granate y en los cristales de estaurolita. M2 comprende la foliación principal de la matriz (S2) y está constituido por la paragénesis granateBORDE + estaurolita + moscovita + biotita + clorita + rutilo/ilmenita + magnetita + cuarzo y el desarrollo de porfiroblastos sintectónicos de andalucita. El evento post-M2 (post-S2) incluye andalucita y plagioclasa, además de moscovita, biotita y clorita secundarias y cantidades accesorias de turmalina, óxidos de Fe-Ti y carbonato. Los resultados de las técnicas de termobarometría multiequilibrio (pseudosecciones presión-temperatura), caracterizan M2 como un evento metamórfico Barroviense de media presión (0.5-0.6 GPa; 580-570 o C; ca. 20 de profundidad) seguido de una exhumación con enfriamiento moderado, coetánea con el colapso extensional de la pila orogénic a Varisca (post-M2; 0.3 GPa; 540 o C; ca. 10 km de profundidad). Las estimaciones realizadas en los Esquistos de Riás, y su relación espacial con los esquistos pelíticos de alta presión del alóctono (i.e. Esquistos de Ceán), sugieren que ambas litologías formaron parte del mismo margen continental durante el comienzo de la orogenia Varisca, pero experimentaron evoluciones tectonotermales muy distintas por su posición original en la cuña orogénica.Original Title
Estudio petrológico y termobarométrico de los esquistos de Riás (NO Macizo Ibérico)
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Available from http://www.igme.es/Boletin/2019/130_3/BGM_130-3_Art-4.pdf
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de Laguna, W.
Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)1972
Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)1972
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Oct 1972; 69 p
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Bryan, J.B.; Burton, D.E.; Denny, M.D.
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab1974
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab1974
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8 Oct 1974; 57 p
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Condicoes de metamorfismo na serras de Maz e Umango, La Rioja, Argentina: resultados preliminares de termobarometria
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Industry Energy and Mining Ministry, Mining and Geology National Direction, Montevideo (Uruguay); Uruguayan Geology Society, Montevideo (Uruguay); 70 p; 2001; p. 3-33; 11. Latin-american Geological Meeting; Montevideo (Uruguay); 12-16 Nov 2001; 3. Uruguayan Meeting; Montevideo (Uruguay); 12-16 Nov 2001; Available from DNTN Library
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Dennison, J.M.; Wheeler, W.H.
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill (USA). Dept. of Geology1972
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill (USA). Dept. of Geology1972
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1 Feb 1972; 211 p
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Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, Colo. (USA); p. 23-28; Feb 1978; p. 23-28; Symposium on NURE uranium geology; Grand Junction, CO, USA; 7 - 8 Dec 1977
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