A composição da granada possui relação direta com as condições físico-químicas de seu ambiente de geração e consequentemente com a rocha em que se formou. Assim, pode-se relacionar a composição química da granada com a rocha hospedeira, dentro de certas limitações. Este trabalho focaliza a análise varietal da granada para a identificação das principais rochas-fonte envolvidas na proveniência dos arenitos da Bacia de Campos (Andar Alagoas), no estado do Rio de Janeiro. Nas análises obtidas por microssonda eletrônica, dos 17 poços do segmento offshore do estudo, verifica-se a contribuição de diferentes rochas-fonte portadoras de granadas, identificadas como dos tipos A, B e C, e dentre essas, a que predomina são as granadas do tipo B. Uma individualização dessa classificação nos permitiu categorizá-las em granadas do tipo Bi, que são granadas derivadas de rochas ígneas ácidas e intermediárias, notadamente granitóides. A identificação precisa da rocha-fonte possui algumas limitações, devido a superposição nas composições mostradas nos diagramas ternários discriminantes das granadas. Entretanto, a ausência ou pequena incidência de zonações composicionais e de inclusões, embora não excluam totalmente as outras categorias, apontam para essa classificação. Granadas do tipo D e E não aparecem em nenhuma das amostras analisadas. A interpretação dos resultados de aproximadamente 4000 análises das 65 amostras indica duas contribuições principais para a proveniência desses arenitos: no setor sul da bacia, terrenos derivados do Domínio Cabo Frio, (rochas metamórficas da fácies granulito a anfibolito superior, meta-pelitos aluminosos e secundariamente metabasitos, além de granitos), e na porção norte da bacia, uma derivação dos terrenos orientais do orógeno Ribeira (terrenos de alto grau e granitóides associados). A direção de suplemento sedimentar principal é de sudoeste para nordeste, interpretada como resultado da identificação dessa maior contribuição dos terrenos fonte. As areias localizadas no setor norte, com granadas derivadas do tipo B e Bi, principalmente, indicam a presença de rochas granitóides na área-fonte. Tais rochas fonte geram areias de composição mais quartzosa e/ou quartzofeldspática, com maior potencial para produzirem arenitos-reservatórios de melhor qualidade. / Garnet composition have direct relationship with the physic-chemical environment of formation and because of this with the host rock composition. Hence, it is possible to establish a linking between the host rock type and garnet composition, despite some limitations. This work focus on the garnet varietal analysis to identify the provenance of sandstones, Campos Basin (Alagoas Stage), Rio de Janeiro. In the performed analyzes of seventeen offshore boreholes, it is remarkable the presence of garnets which plot into the fields A, B and C; and that among these, the predominant type belongs to the B field. The individualization of source-rock types in this classification allowed us to classify the garnets in the type Bi, which are derived from acidic and intermediate igneous rocks, mainly granitoids. Accurate identification of the source rock has some limitations due to overlap in the compositions shown in discriminating ternary diagrams of garnets. Despite the difficulty in distinguishing between the fields shown in the ternary diagram, we can say that the absence or minor incidence of inclusion and zonation in the samples support this separation. D-type garnets and E-type do not appear. Interpretation of the results of approximately 4000 analysis of the 65 samples indicates two main contributions to the provenance of these sandstones: the wells placed in the basin southern region derived from the Cabo Frio Domain (metamorphic rocks of amphibolite to medium granulite facies, mainly aluminous metapelites and secondarily metabasites and granites); the wells in the basin northern region, where there is substantially more analyzes and samples, derived from the eastern terrains of the Ribeira orogen (high degree terrains and granitoids). The main direction of sedimentary supplement is from southwest to northeast, interpreted as a result of identification of this major contribution of sediments supply. The sands located in the northern wells, with garnets derived from B and Bi fields, indicate mainly the presence of granitoids in the source-area. This sourcerock produce quartzor quartz-feldspathic sands which may be potential high quality sandstone reservoirs.

La minimisation des circuits et la montée en fréquence constituent deux enjeux importants des systèmes de communication du futur. Cela nécessite un haut degré d'intégration, des performances plus élevées à coût réduit. Ce travail a pour objectif la conception et la réalisation de nouveaux isolateurs réalisés sur ligne coplanaire asymétrique à base de deux types de matériaux ferrite : hexaferrite de baryum (BaM) et grenat d’yttrium et de fer (YIG). La première étude, présentée sur une structure coplanaire à couche de BaM, a été effectuée pour montrer la faisabilité d’un isolateur à déplacement de champ dans la bande 40-50 GHz. La seconde a utilisé le YIG saturé pour des applications autour de 10 GHz. La nouvelle structure d’isolateur utilise le phénomène physique de déplacement de champ lorsqu’elle est polarisée par un champmagnétique continu. Elle est constituée d’une ligne coplanaire asymétrique gravée sur une couche ou un substrat magnétique et d’un demi-plan de masse arrière. Plusieurs séries de prototypes ont été fabriquées puis caractérisées à partir d’un banc de mesure hyperfréquence composé d’un testeur sous pointes à trois accès et d’un analyseur vectoriel de réseaux. Les résultats expérimentaux sont très encourageants car nous obtenons des pertes d’insertion faibles, dans le meilleur des cas inférieures à 1 dB et une isolation de plus de 16 dB. / The minimization of circuits and the increasing frequency are two important issues of future communication systems. That requires a high degree of integration, higher performance at reduced cost. This work aims to design and implementation of new isolators on coplanar line based on two types of ferrite materials: barium hexaferrite (BaM) and garnet and yttrium iron (YIG). The first study presented on a planar layer of BaM leads to the feasibility of the isolator of field displacement in the 40-50 GHz band. The second one concerns the use of saturated YIG for applications around 10 GHz. The magnetic field displacement phenomenon appears when the magnetic substrate is polarized by a D.C. magnetic field. The new isolator structure is made from an asymmetric coplanar line put on a layer or magnetic substrate with a half ground plane placed under this substrate. Several sets of prototypes are fabricated and characterized from a measurement bench which is composed by a microwave prober and a vector network analyzer. The experimental results are very promising because low insertion loss (less than 1 dB) and isolation (over 16 dB) have been obtained

A series of crustal-scale shear zones demarcates the northern and eastern margins of the North Caribou greenstone belt (NCGB), proximal to a Mesoarchean terrane boundary in the core of the western Superior Province of Canada. The dominant deformation produced a pervasive steeply dipping fabric that trends broadly parallel to the doubly arcuate shape of the belt and was responsible for tight folding the banded iron formation host to Goldcorp’s prolific gold deposit at Musselwhite mine. The shear zones in the North Caribou greenstone belt are of particular interest because of their ability to channel hydrothermal fluids with the potential to bear ore and cause alteration of the middle to shallow crust. Shear zones are commonly reactivated during subsequent tectonism, but exhibit a consistent and dominant dextral shear sense across the belt; fabric-forming micas and chlorite are generally Mg-rich. Although garnets samples from within the shear zones are dominantly almandine, they possess variable geochemical trends (HREEs of >2 orders of magnitude) and can be syn-, intra-, or post-tectonic in origin. In situ geochronological analysis of zircon (U-Pb) and monazite (total-Pb) in high strain rocks in and around the NCGB, interpreted in light of in situ geochemical analysis of garnet and fabric-forming micas and chlorite, reveals four relatively discrete events that span 400 million years. Metamorphism of the mid-crust was coeval with magmatism during docking of the Island Lake domain at c. 2.86 Ga and subsequent terrane accretion at the north and south margins of the North Caribou Superterrane from c. 2.75 to 2.71 Ga. Transpressive shear at c. 2.60 to 2.56 Ga and late re-activation of shear zones at c. 2.44 Ga produced a steeply-dipping pervasive fabric, and channeled fluids for late crystallization of garnet and monazite recorded in the Markop Lake deformation zone. These observations implicate a horizontal tectonic model similar to the modern eastern Pacific plate margin. Further, this study highlights the caution that should be exercised when using traditional rock forming metamorphic minerals (mica, chlorite, garnet) when attempting to vector into zones of hydrothermal alteration within midcrustal rocks.

The North Caribou Greenstone Belt (NCGB) lies at the core the granitoid-dominant North Caribou Terrane (NCT). Two sedimentary assemblages; the Eyapamikama (ELS) and Zeemal-Heaton Lake (ZHA) form the core of the NCGB. Geochemistry of garnets from the orogenic Au deposit at Musselwhite suggest that the auriferous fluids have a contribution of metamorphic fluids and mineralization consisted of prolonged, multi-stage periods. Chemical zoning suggests changes in the influx of chalcophile and lithophile elements and that Au/sulphide ratios during nucleation were lower relative to later growth events. Zircons from the ELS and ZHA suggest a c. 100 My hiatus in the onset of sedimentation, with the ZHA showing younger, “Timiskaming-type” ages. Age distributions from each assemblage reflect proximal, igneous sources. Nd isotopic compositions of the ZHA suggest a mixture of ancient and contemporaneous sources which are similar to external TTG rocks. Deplete mantle model ages of the ZHA rocks indicate a Mesoarchean inheritance.

Les systèmes embarqués dans les aéronefs comme dans les véhicules spatiaux doivent impérativement se conformer aux impératifs de masse et de volume mais aussi de coût. Les modules actifs pour antenne à balayage électronique constituent, dans ce cadre, un enjeu stratégique majeur en termes de masse, de volume et de fiabilité. Dans une antenne à balayage électronique actuelle, on peut trouver jusqu’à 1000 modules, chacun étant équipé d’un circulateur-isolateur afin de garantir ses performances. La technologie des circulateurs et des isolateurs à ferrite reste la plus performante en termes d’isolation et de pertes d’insertion. Elle est de plus totalement passive et ne demande aucune énergie extérieure pour son fonctionnement. Elle reste néanmoins coûteuse car la fabrication industrielle de ces dispositifs consiste à assembler mécaniquement de nombreuses pièces usinées précisément : céramiques magnétiques et diélectriques, aimants, conducteurs en cuivre et pièces en métal magnétique doux. De plus, le niveau d’intégration recherché nécessite de réduire les dimensions sans augmenter les pertes pour des niveaux de puissance qui peuvent être importants. S’inspirant des composants céramiques multicouches (condensateurs et inductances) ainsi que de la technologie LTCC (Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics), une nouvelle voie de fabrication de ces composants, en rupture avec les technologies d’assemblage traditionnelles, est abordée dans ces travaux de thèse. L’idée consiste à réaliser par cofrittage le cœur du composant qui est le plus délicat à ajuster et qui détermine le volume final. Les ferrites qui constituent actuellement le cœur des circulateurs sont principalement des grenats ferrimagnétiques fabriqués par des techniques céramiques classiques et frittés à haute température (> 1400°C). Pour les rendre compatibles de la technologie LTCC, il est nécessaire de diminuer leur température de frittage. Les températures visées doivent être inférieures à 1000°C pour pouvoir cofritter avec des parties métalliques en or et si possible être proches de 900°C pour espérer cofritter avec de l’argent. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif de ce travail de thèse était de mettre au point des grenats ferrimagnétiques pour des applications en hyperfréquences présentant des températures de frittage proche de 900°C. Ces ferrites ont alors été utilisés pour la réalisation de circulateurs hyperfréquences, composants indispensables dans les systèmes de Radars et de télécommunications. De plus, des études d’optimisation des propriétés magnétiques et diélectriques de ces ferrites ont aussi été réalisées pour adapter le ferrite aux conditions de fonctionnement (gamme de fréquence et niveau de puissance). / Embedded systems in aircraft must comply with the requirements of mass, volume and cost. The active modules of electronic scanning antenna are, in this context, a strategic challenge in terms of mass, volume and reliability. Today, there are up to 1000 modules per antenna, each one containing a circulator-isolator in order to guarantee its performances. The technology of ferrite circulators and isolators remains the most efficient in terms of isolation and insertion losses. It is also fully passive as no external energy is required to work. However this technology is expensive due to complex mechanical assembling of the different materials: magnetic and dielectric ceramics, magnets, conductors made of copper and soft metallic material. The integration of such devices also requires the reduction of dimensions without increasing losses for power levels that can be high. Based on by multilayer ceramic components (capacitors and inductors) as well as Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics (LTCC) technology, a new way of manufacturing these components, is investigated in this PhD work.. The idea is to be able to cofire the heart of the component which is the most difficult to adjust and also determines the final volume. The ferrites which currently constitute the core of the circulators are ferrimagnetic garnets synthetized by using a conventional ceramic process and sintered at high temperature (> 1400°C). To make them compatible with LTCC technology, it is essential to reduce their sintering temperature. The targeted temperatures must be less than 1000°C in order to cofire with gold metal parts and, if possible, close to 900°C for circulators with silver. In this context, the objective of this PhD work was to develop a ferrimagnetic garnet for microwave applications with sintering temperatures close to 900°C. This ferrite was then used for the preparation of microwave circulators which are essential components in radar and telecommunications systems. In addition, studies of optimization of the magnetic and dielectric properties have also been carried out to meet the operating requirements (frequency band and power level).

English Abstract The Dunkelsteiner Wald granulite massif in Lower Austria belongs to the Gföhl unit of the Moldanubian zone of the Bohemian Massif. Predominant rocks are felsic granulites which in some places contain garnet pyroxenites and peridotites. There are positions of mafic and intermediate granulites on their intersection. Primary mineral association of mafic granulites is garnet, clinopyroxene rich on Jd and Ca-Tschermack component and kyanite. These rocks probably represent Ca-richer variant of pyroxenites. Contemporary mineral association is make by garnet, clinopyroxene, plagioclase and orthopyroxene. Accessory there is amphibole, spinel, rutile and Ilmenite in the rocks. Sapphire inclusion in garnet cores close to kyanite inclusions has been observed in several cases. Decompression of these rocks creates specific symplectite textures in mafic granulites characterized by plagioclase inclusions. These inclusions are partly or fully surrounded by garnet porphyroblasts on their edges and coarse grain symplectics of plagioclase and pyroxene in matrix. A possible explanation of emergence of this specific texture in rocks on intersection with felsic granulite is an infiltration of melt from felsic lithology. Proof can be the enrichment of K component on edges of plagioclase grains. On the other hand,...

English abstract This work focuses on high pressure atoll garnet-bearing metabasites from the central part of Krušné hory Mts. in Saxothuringian zone of Bohemian Massif. Eclogite bodies are interpreted as a part of alochtonnous units, which were dragged into the high pressure conditions of subduction zone during a subduction of Saxothuringian oceanic crust under the Teplá-Barrandien Unit and subsequently they were exhumed into upper parts of subduction- collisional system. Main mineral assemblage of eclogites consists of omphacite, garnet, quartz and amphibole which replaces grains of omphacite. Minor minerals present are rutile, ilmenite, talc a chlorite. Zircon, apatite, paragonite, pyrite, plagioclase, albite and monazite are enclosed in porphyroblasts of garnets. Grains of garnet frequently form the atoll structures, where its central part of a grain is replaced by new minerals of matrix and rim part stays preserved. Based on compositional profiles and mapping of major and trace elements, two evolution phases of garnet were distinguished. Older garnet (I) forms mainly preserved cores of garnet and on the contrary younger garnet (II) is present on rims or also replaces garnet I in the core part of a grain. Garnet I has higher amounts of Ca and Mn but lower Mg and Fe than garnet II. Preserved grains of...

Microphotonics has been offering a body of ideas to prospective applicationsin optics. Among those, the concept of photonic integrated circuits (PIC’s) has recently spurred a substantial excitement into the scientific community. Relisation of the PIC’s becomes feasible as the size shrinkage of the optical elements is accomplished. The elements based on photonic crystals (PCs) represent promising candidacy for manufacture of PIC’s. This thesis is devoted to tailoring of optical properties and advanced modelling of two types of photonic crystals: (Bi3Fe5O12/Sm3Ga5O12)m and (TiO2/Er2O3)m potentially applicable in the role optical isolators and optical amplifiers, respectively. Deposition conditions of titanium dioxide were first investigated to maximise refractive index and minimise absorption as well as surface roughness of titania films. It was done employing three routines: deposition at elevated substrate temperatures, regular annealing in thermodynamically equilibrium conditions and rapid thermal annealing (RTA). RTA at 500 oC was shown to provide the best optical performance giving a refractive index of 2.53, an absorption coefficient of 404 cm−1 and a root-mean-square surface roughness of 0.6 nm. Advanced modelling of transmittance and Faraday rotation for the PCs (Bi3Fe5O12/Sm3Ga5O12)5 and (TiO2/Er2O3)6 was done using the 4 × 4 matrix formalism of Višňovský. The simulations for the constituent materials in the forms of single films were performed using the Swanepoel and Višňovský formulae. This enabled generation of the dispersion relations for diagonal and off-diagonal elements of the permittivity tensors relating to the materials. These dispersion relations were utilised to produce dispersion relations for complex refractive indices of the materials. Integration of the complex refractive indices into the 4 × 4 matrix formalism allowed computation of transmittance and Faraday rotation of the PCs. The simulation results were found to be in a good agreement with the experimental ones proving such a simulation approach is an excellent means of engineering PCs.

<p>Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) is a transparent ceramic with various applications, including solid-state lasers, infrared transparent windows, armors, and scintillation crystals. Recently, uranium (U) doped YAG has gained interest as a scintillation material for neutron detection. The principle of neutron detection using U:YAG is that under neutron bombardment, the U atoms within the YAG will fission, providing excitation energy to surrounding U atoms in order to emit photons. As this material is rarely reported, an investigation into the fabrication procedure of this material is conducted. Powder fabrication methods are investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The sintering of the fabricated powders is then investigated by various experimental techniques. Characterization of the sintered samples included optical microscopy, Archimedes density measurements, and XRD.</p>

The Scandinavian Caledonides formed as a result of collision between the continents Baltica and Laurentia, in Silurian and Early Devonian time. The evolution of the orogen has been a topic of research since before the turn of the last century. However, there are still uncertainties regarding the character and timing of the orogenic processes involved in the formation of the Caledonian orogen. Identification and study of high-pressure terranes are a key to understanding the processes involved, and such terrains are found in Jämtland, central Sweden. The most well-known location is Mt. Åreskutan. This study focuses on the Helags Mountain, a locality potentially equivalent to Mt. Åreskutan. It has combined structural and mineralogical studies, pressure and temperature esti-mates, and monazite geochronology, in an attempt to obtain an overview of the metamorphic his-tory.The Helags Mt. geology, as on Åreskutan, is dominated by a klippe of high grade gneisses, overlying lower grade schists and amphibolites, both typical of the middle and lower part of the Seve Nappe Complex in the Swedish Caledonides. The gneisses are dominantly felsic and contain garnet. Two episodes of garnet growth, likely separated in time, are observed in the gneisses. The first episode probably took place in the presence of melt, as is evident from the presence of inclusion of so called nanogranites. This is further supported, but not fully confirmed, by observed homo-genization of the garnet core chemistry. Such processes take place at high temperature, above 700°C. Pressure estimates are less well defined and indicate about 1 GPa during this first garnet growth event. This event may be related to the observed migmatisation. The second garnet growth episode took place at lower pressure and temperature conditions, and similarities with garnet observed in studies elsewhere indicate a connection with shearing and emplacement of the Middle Seve unit. However, no garnets were observed in the studied shear zone, and it is with the available data not possible to confirm a relation to a specific event. Monazite geochronology has contributed Caledonian ages (400-480 Ma) but has not yielded any precise results with regard to the timing of the migmatisation and thrusting. / Den svenska fjällkedjan har en lång historia. Dess nuvarande utformning är ett resultat av att Iapetus-havet, en föregångare till dagens Atlanten, slöts och de tidigare kontinenterna Baltica och Laurentia kolliderade. Trots att fjällkedjan studerats flitigt sedan före sekelskiftet är det mycket som är okänt om de geologiska processerna som varit en del av bergens utveckling. För att bättre förstå fjällkedjans ut-veckling studeras bergarter från områden som varit särskilt kraftigt påverkade. Flera sådana områden påträffas i Jämtlandsfjällen. Denna studie har fokuserat på Helagsfjällets område, beläget i södra delen av Jämtlands län. Studier av det särskilt motståndskraftiga mineralet granat från områdets bergarter har tillsammans med dateringar av mineralet monazit givit ny information om områdets geologiska historia.Helagsfjällets geologi, liksom den välstuderade Åreskutan, utgörs av en enhet av granatförande gneisser, vilken överlagrar en undre enhet av lägre omvandlingsgrad. Detta är typiskt för den mellersta och lägre delen av det så kallade Sevekomplexet. Två generationer granater tyder på att minst två geologiska processer, skilda åt i tid, påverkat områdets bergarter. Den första av dessa granatgenerationer uppvisar bland annat inneslutningar vilka tolkas som bevarade delar av en tidigare smälta. Det är möjligt att denna granatgeneration är relaterad till den tidiga händelse som orsakat uppsmältning, av vilken spår kan studeras på flera platser i området. Tryck- och temperaturberäkningar visar att detta hände under tryck omkring 1 GPa, och temperaturer på över minst 600°C, kanske över 700°C. Den andra granat-generationen är mer svårtolkad. Tryck och temperatur var lägre, och likheter med granater observerade på andra platser tyder på att denna andra granattillväxt skedde i samband med skjuvning av den övre enheten, över den underliggande enheten. Försök att datera dessa två perioder av granattillväxt gav åldrar mellan 400 och 480 miljoner år. Liksom på Åreskutan tyder detta på en tektonisk historia som sträcker sig från Ordovicium till tidig Devon.