Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Geology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-49).

Elizabeth Castle forms part of the South-East Granite Complex of Jersey, Channel Islands and is one of several multi-magma complexes in the region. The rocks have calc-alkaline signatures indicative of a subduction zone setting. In the western half of the Elizabeth Castle complex, the outcrops are wholly granophyre, while to the east, granophyre and minor monzogranite are intimately associated with diorite. The dioritic rocks form part of a layered series which is preserved at several localities. The layered diorites were initially intruded by multiple sub-horizontal granitic sheets. All contacts between the diorite and the granitic sheets are crenulate, indicating that the two were present as coexisting magmas. Fine-grained, dark margins in the diorites contain quench textures such as spherulitic plagioclase and acicular apatite, and are interpreted as chilled margins. At many contacts a narrow tonalitic marginal zone, with acicular amphiboles, is present. Field relationships suggest that this is a hybrid produced by interaction between coexisting dioritic and granitic magmas and this is confirmed by modelling based on geochemical data. It is proposed that within the marginal zones the presence of volatile-rich fluids, increased temperatures and a decrease in viscosity promoted chemical diffusion across the dioritegranite interface. The transfer of elements, together with the presence of volatiles, promoted the growth of hydrous mafic phases and suppressed crystallization of alkali feldspar. At the same time, fluid infiltration modified the composition of the dioritic magma. Field evidence indicates that these processes took place in a narrow time frame prior to further granitic intrusion. Parts of the sheeted complex were extensively disrupted by the later granitic intrusions, producing large areas rich in dioritic enclaves. Within these disrupted areas a grey inhomogeneous rock is encountered. Field and petrographic evidence suggest that this is a hybrid rock produced by the physical mixing of dioritic and granitic magmas. Linear chemical trends confirm this interpretation. Minor intrusions comprising red granite dykes, basic dykes, composite dykes and aplite sheets cut the complex.

Thesis (M.S.)--Miami University, Dept. of Geology, 2004. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-129).

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The quartz dioritic Quottoon Igneous Complex (QIC) is a major Paleogene (65-56 Ma) magmatic body in NW British Columbia and SE Alaska that was emplaced along the Coast shear zone (CSZ). The QIC contains two different igneous suites that provide information about source regions, magmatic processes and evolving tectonic regimes that changed from a dominantly convergent to a dominantly strike-slip regime between 65 to 55 Ma. Heterogeneous suite I rocks (e. g. along Steamer Passage) have a pervasive solid-state fabric, abundant mafic enclaves and dikes, metasedimentary screens, and variable color indices (25-50). The homogeneous suite II rocks (e. g. along Quottoon Inlet) have a weak (to absent) fabric developed in the magmatic state (aligned feldspars, melt filled shears), and more uniform color indices (24-34) than in suite I. Suite I rocks have Sr concentrations <750 ppm, avg. LaN/YbN = 10.4, and initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios that range from 0.70513 to 0.70717. The suite II rocks have Sr concentrations >750 ppm, avg. LaN/YbN = 23.1, and initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios that range from 0.70617 to 0.70686. This study proposes that the parental QIC magma (initial 87Sr/86Sr = 0.706) can be derived bypartial melting of an amphibolitic source reservoir at lower crustal conditions. Geochemical data (Rb, Sr, Ba and LaN/YbN) and initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios preclude linkages between the two suites by fractional crystallization or assimilation and fractional crystallization (AFC) processes. The suite I rocks are interpreted to be the result of magma mixing between the QIC parental magma and a mantle derived magma. The samples do not lie along a single mixing line due to continued evolution through fractional crystallization/AFC processes subsequent to magma mixing. The suite II rocks may be generated by AFC. Initial 87Sr/86Sr ratio data suggests that similar processes to those that affected the QIC may also have operated during the generation of other portions of the Great Tonalite Sill of southeast Alaska. / Master of Science

La suite post-tectonique du batholite hercynien de Celorico de Basto est composée de roches basiques en enclaves dans des granodiorites hétérogènes et dans le granite G2, et de granites fins tardifs associés à des aplopegmatites minéralisées en Sn-Nb-Ta-Li-Be. Les granodiorites résultent du mélange entre des magmas basiques, dont leurs enclaves dioritiques sont des témoins, et un magma acide de type granite G2. Les enclaves des granodiorites et du granite G2 sont des termes d'une série basique qui pourrait être un équivalent plutonique des séries shoshonitiques. Les magmas parents de cette série, probablement issus d'un manteau subcontinental enrichi en éléments incompatibles par recyclage de matériel crustal, se sont differenciés à haute pression ce qui conduit à des termes dioritiques proches des vaugnerites du Massif Central français. Le granite G2 est un terme différencié de cette serie mais contient une contribution crustale en accord avec les rapports 87Sr/86Sr initiaux intermédiaires d'autres granites hercyniens à biotite dominante. Les magmas parents des granites fins tardifs ont une origine crustale. Les aplopegmatites associées sont des termes extrêmement différencies de ces granites dont la composition peralumineuse, la richesse en phosphore et en volatils conduit à une évolution terminale de type sodolithique. Le massif post-tectonique de Lamas de Olo est composé d'adamellites calco-alcalines potassiques et a une architecture du type exogranite-endogranite à Stocksheider. Les minéralisations en Mo-W-Be sont les manifestations d'un circuit hydrothermal engendré par l'endogranite..

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The Lagoa do Roçado Granodioritic Stock is a body with approximately 12 km2, elongated intrusive in metasediments Macururé Domain, located in central region of Sergipana Belt. The rocks that make up this stock are gray color, predominantly equigranular, occurring sometimes inequigranular. In the central part of the body occurs frequently, the presence of microgranular mafic enclaves. Petrographic studies allowed to identify that this stock is essentially composed of granodiorite with biotite, hornblende and diopside, with the accessories, titanite, allanite, pistacita, zircon, apatite and opaque minerals. Geochemical data show that its rocks are calc-alkaline high potassium microgranular mafic enclaves with showing affinity with the shoshonitic suite. The good linear correlation identified in Harker diagrams between felsic and mafic types is suggestive that the process of magma mixing is responsible for the chemical variation found . The spectra of the rocks have REE fractionation of light REE relative to heavy REE and a weak negative anomaly in Eu, indicating fractionation of plagioclase. These rocks thrown when the tectonic affinity diagrams of Pearce (1996), positioned in the post-tectonic granites field. Isotopic analyzes for zircon sample of biotite-hornblende-granodiorite (187A), were obtained by SHRIMP IIe at Geochronology Laboratory of the Universidade de São Paulo . The zircon crystals are exhibited as elongated prisms with length versus width proportions 3:1. Cathodoluminescence images reveal that these crystals show up clear or oscillatory zoning, typical of magmatic zircon. Data U/Pb zircon ages reveal a concordant age of 618 ± 4 Ma (MSWD = 0.7). This is similar to the age old crystallization obtained by Long et al. 2005 for Coronel João Sá Massif (626 ± 2 Ma) located in the western part of the Macururé Domain, which presents petrographic and geochemical characteristics similar to the Lagoa do Roçado Granodioritic Stock. The age obtained for these rocks suggests that the Lagoa do Roçado Granodioritic Stock is positioned as the late to posttectonic in relation to the Brasiliano Orogeny. / O Stock Granodiorítico Lagoa do Roçado é um corpo com aproximadamente 12 km2, forma alongada, intrusivo nos metassedimentos do Domínio Macururé, localizado na região central da Faixa Sergipana. As rochas que compõe esse stock são de cor cinza, predominantemente equigranulares, ocorrendo por vezes inequigranulares. Na parte central do corpo, ocorre com frequência, a presença de enclaves máficos microgranulares. Os estudos petrográficos permitiram identificar que esse stock é essencialmente constituído por granodioritos com biotita, hornblenda e diopsídio, tendo como acessórios, titanita, allanita, pistacita, zircão, apatita e minerais opacos. Os dados geoquímicos revelam que suas rochas são cálcio-alcalinas de alto potássio com os enclaves máficos microgranulares exibindo afinidade com a suíte shoshonítica. A boa correlação linear identificada nos diagramas de Harker entre os tipos félsicos e máficos é sugestiva de que o processo de mistura de magmas seja o responsável pela variação química encontrada. Os espectros dos ETR das rochas apresentam fracionamento dos ETR leves em relação aos ETR pesados e uma fraca anomalia negativa em Eu, indicando fracionamento de plagioclásio. Essas rochas quando lançadas nos diagramas de afinidade tectônica de Pearce (1996), posicionam-se no campo dos granitos póstectônicos. As análises isotópicas em zircão para a amostra de biotita-hornblendagranodiorito (187A), foram obtidas por SHRIMP IIe no Laboratório de Geocronologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Os cristais de zircão exibem-se como prismas alongados, com proporções comprimento versus largura 3:1. Imagens de catodoluminescência revelam que esses cristais mostram-se límpidos ou com zonação oscilatória, característica típica de zircão magmático. Os dados U/Pb em zircão revelam uma idade concordante de 618 ± 4 Ma (MSWD = 0,7). Esta idade é similar à idade de cristalização obtida por Long et al. 2005, para o Maciço Coronel João Sá (626 ± 2 Ma) localizado na parte oeste do Domínio Macururé, o qual apresenta características petrográficas e geoquímicas similares às do Stock Granodiorítico Lagoa do Roçado. A idade obtida para estas rochas, sugere que o Stock Granodiorítico Lagoa do Roçado posiciona-se como tardio a pós-tectônico em relação à Orogênese Brasiliana.

<p> Glamorgan township in southeastern Ontario, is underlain by Precambrian rocks of the Grenville province. Prominent amongst these are migmatite, paragneiss, and granite gneiss, VJhich collectively form a series of rocks (the Glamorgan gneiss aeries). </p> <p> Field work revealed that this series is completely gradational from a geological aspect, and that the geological gradation is complemented by a geochemical gradation. <p> An explanation of these gradational relationships constitutes the main contribution of this study. The conclusions reached are that partial melting of paragneiss produced migmatite and a trondhjemitic melt, which later produced granitic (in the strict sense) derivatives. </p> <p> In developing the main conclusions, a number of subsidiary problems are discussed, chief of which are the possible metavolcanic or metasedimentary o'rigin of the paragneiss and the possible origin of so-called diorite as a differentiate of an alkaline gabbro. Metamorphism was concluded to be of Miyashiro's low pressure intermediate type. </p> <p> By the use of experimentally determined reactions and stability fields a metamorphic grid was devised, which led to the following upper limits of metamorphic conditions: 550 to 650°C and 3 to 6.5 kilobars total pre5sure. These estimates in turn lead to the following limiting geothermal gradients: 25 to 55°C per kilometre. </p> <p> The Glamorgan occurrence was found to share three characteristics with many other Precambrian terrains : 1. migmatisation and emplacement of granite accompanied high grade metamorphism; 2. an early sodium-rich granite was followed by a more potassic one; and 3. the more sodic granite is associated with a small amount of basic igneous rock. These three generalisations were used to formulate a possible model for deep crustal petrogenesis. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

The Station Creek Igneous Complex (SCIC) is one of the largest Middle-Late Triassic plutonic bodies in the northern New England Orogen of Eastern Australia. The igneous complex comprises of five plutons - the Woonga Granodiorite (237 Ma), Woolooga Granodiorite (234 Ma), Rush Creek Granodiorites (231 Ma) and Gibraltar Quartz Monzodiorite and Mount Mucki Diorite (227 Ma respectively), emplaced as high-level or epizonal bodies within the Devonian-Carboniferous subduction complex that resulted from a westward subduction along the east Australian margin. Composition of the SCIC ranges from monzogabbro to monzogranite, and includes diorite, monzodiorite, quartz monzodiorite and granodiorite. The SCIC has the typical I-type granitoid mineralogy, geochemistry and isotopic compositions. Its geochemistry is characteristics of continental arc magma, and has a depleted-upper mantle signature with up to 14 wt% supracrustal components (87Sr/86Srinitial = 0.70312 to 0.70391; Nd = +1.35 to +4.9; high CaO, Sr, MgO; and low Ni, Cr, Ba, Rb, Zr, Nb, Ga and Y). The SCIC (SiO2 47%-76%) has similar Nd and Sr isotopic values to island-arc and continentalised island-arc basalts, which suggests major involvement of upper mantle sourced melts in its petrogenesis. SCIC comprises of two geochemical groups - the Woolooga-Rush Greek Granodiorite group (W-RC) and the Mount Mucki Diorite-Gibraltar Quartz Monzodiorite group (MMD-GQM). The W-RC Group is high-potassium, calc-alkalic and metaluminous, whereas the MMD-GQM Group is medium to high potassium, transitional calc-alkalic to tholeiitic and metaluminous. The two geochemical groups of the SCIC magmas are generated from at least two distinct sources - an isotopically evolved Neoproterozoic mantle-derived source with greater supracrustal component (10-14 wt%), and an isotopically primitive mafic source with upper mantle affinity. Petrogenetic modeling using both major and trace elements established that the variations within respective geochemical group resulted from fractional crystallisation of clinopyroxene, amphibole and plagioclase from mafic magma, and late fractionation of alkalic and albitic plagioclase in the more evolved magma. Volcanic rocks associated with SCIC are the North Arm Volcanics (232 Ma), and the Neara Volcanics (241-242 Ma) of the Toogoolawah Group. The major and trace element geochemistry of the North Arm Volcanics is similar to the SCIC, suggesting possible co-magmatic relationship between the SCIC and the volcanic rock. The age of the North Arm Volcanics matches the age of the fractionated Rush Creek Granodiorite, and xenoliths of the pluton are found within epiclastic flows of the volcanic unit. The Neara Volcanics (87Sr/86Sr= 0.70152-0.70330, 143Nd/144Nd = 0.51253-0.51259) differs isotopically from the SCIC, indicating a source region within the HIMU mantle reservoir (commonly associated with contaminated upper mantle by altered oceanic crust). The Neara Volcanics is not co-magmatic to the SCIC and is derived from partial melting upper-mantle with additional components from the subducting oceanic plate. The high levels emplacement of an isotopically primitive mantle-derived magma of the SCIC suggest periods of extension during the waning stage of convergence associated with the Hunter Bowen Orogeny in the northern New England Orogen. The geochemical change between 237 to 227 Ma from a depleted-mantle source with diminishing crustal components, to depleted-mantle fractionate, reflects a fundamental change in the source region that can be related to the tectonic styles. The decreasing amount of supracrustal component suggests either thinning of the subduction complex due to crustal attenuation, leading to the late Triassic extension that enables mantle melts to reach subcrustal levels.