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The Relative Ages or the Otto Stock and Matachewan Dyke MagnetizationsNeilson, Douglas 04 1900 (has links)
<p> A baked contact test was carried out between the Otto
Stock, dated at 2114 Ma by Bell and Blenkinsop (1976) and
its host rock, represented by the magnetically stable,
Matachewan Dyke swarm dated at 2690 Ma by Gates and Hurley
(1973). Paleomagnetic results from this study confirm the
recently revised dating or the Otto Stock and Matachewan
dykes at 2680±1 Ma and 2452+3/-2 Ma, resectively (Corru
et.al. 1989; Heaman, 1988) . </p> <p> Matachewan dykes both distant and within the contact
aureole or the Otto Stock all carry the same southwesterly
shallow characteristic Matachewan direction or magnetization.
The absense or an Otto Stock overprint on the
Matachewan dykes implies that the intrusion or the Otto
Stock must have occurred before the intrusion or the
Matachewan Dyke swarm. </p> <p> The relative ages or the Otto Stock and Matachewan dyke
magnetizations are inconsistent with the conventional
early Proterzoic apparent polar wander path (APWP) for North
America, which decreases in age from the Matachewan dyke
pole t o the Otto Stock pole. It can be concluded that this
part or the APWP is running backwards and must now be
redefined. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Science (BSc)
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Tephrostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the late Quaternary in eastern BeringiaJensen, Britta J.L. Unknown Date
No description available.
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The Form and Extent of the Grenville Front Tectonic Zone in Proximity to Coniston, Ontario as Defined by Aeromagnetic and Paleomagnetic Studies of the Sudbury Olivine Diabase Dikes.Manning, Susanne 04 1900 (has links)
<p> Geophysical studies of the northwest trending Sudbury olivine
diabase dikes, to the south of Coniston, Ontario establish a
deformation zone, within the Southern province up to 10 km from the
Grenville Front. Paleomagnetics reveal two directional groups
within the dikes; those with a NRM direction of 300°/32°
representing the primary magnetization of the dikes and those dikes
with a Grenville overprint direction of 116°/56°. The deviation in
direction of the two groups, in relation to previous studies
(Palmer et al., 1977) is interpreted to be due to fault block
movement. Aeromagnetics reveal extensive ductile and brittle
deformation in the dikes as they approach the front. The general
orientation of deformation is to the northeast. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Science (BSc)
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A Petrographic, Chemical and Paleomagnetic Study of the Significance of Pseudotachylites Associated with the Sudbury StructureBlonde, Julie 04 1900 (has links)
<p> Pseudotachylites within the Levack Gneisses of the North Range Sudbury
Structure were studied, with an emphasison petrography, major oxide chemistry, and
paleomagnetism. </p> <p> The pseudotachylites are present as dark greyish green veins and larger scale
breccia zones. The matrix is glassy and aphanitic and the fragments, mostly quartz and
feldspar are subangular to subrounded. The larger fragments and the wall rock contain
kink bands in biotites and planar features in feldspars and quartz. The planar features are
defined by rows of parallel inclusions and are diagnostic of shock metamorphism when
parallel to specific crystallographic orientations of quartz. The major oxide chemistry
shows the pseudotachylites are enriched in total iron, magnesia and lime. This
corresponds to other impact-generated pseudotachylite chemistries. Thus, these rocks
are not a product of pure wall rock and either the mafics were selectively melted out or
added from an external source. </p> <p> Paleomagnetic analysis confirms the age of the pseudotachylite is approximately
the same as the North Range of the Sudbury Structure, the least deformed component.
Thus whatever the event was it also formed the pseudotachylite. The fact that the
pseudotachylite contains shock metamorphic features, supports that the event was likely
an impact, as of yet the only known process capable of producing the required pressures,
temperatures and strain rates. </p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Science (BSc)
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Estudo Paleomagnético da Suíte Paleoproterozóica Colíder e Máficas Associadas, Sudoeste do Cráton Amazônico / Paleomagnetic Study of Colider Paleoproterozoic Suite and Associated Mafics, Southwestern Amazonian CratonSantos, Franklin Bispo dos 18 April 2007 (has links)
Este trabalho apresenta um estudo paleomagnético realizado em rochas ácidas da Suíte Colíder e rochas máficas associadas, situadas no Norte do Mato Grosso, parte sudoeste do Cráton Amazônico. Foram coletados 5 cilindros e 42 blocos orientados de rochas ácidas e intermediárias (12 sítios) da Suíte Colider e 75 cilindros e 3 blocos orientados de rochas máficas (11 sítios) pertencentes à Intrusiva Guadalupe e à Suíte Intrusiva Flor da Serra localizados nas proximidades de Alta Floresta, Colíder, Terra Nova e Matupá. A Suíte Colíder foi datada pelo método UPb em zircões e apresenta idades entre 1,80 e 1,78 Ga. Para a Intrusiva Guadalupe ainda não existem determinações radiométricas que estabeleçam a sua idade. A investigação da mineralogia magnética feita através de curvas termomagnéticas, de indução magnética e de histerese, além do tratamento térmico e por campos magnéticos alternados, indica a hematita como sendo o principal portador magnético da maioria das rochas ácidas. Por outro lado, as rochas máficas apresentam grãos de titanomagnetita pobre em Ti, a maioria com estrutura de pseudo-domínio simples (PSD). Espécimes destas rochas após as desmagnetizações térmicas e por campos magnéticos alternados apresentaram duas direções de magnetização característica. Uma delas (componente B) é representada por direções norte (sul) com inclinações negativas (positivas) (Dm=187.4°, Im=50.9°, N=16 ?95=11.3°, K=11.7) que foram isoladas para a maioria das rochas da Suíte Colíder e máficas associadas. A outra (componente A) é representada por direções norte com inclinações positivas ((Dm=356.5°, Im=47.6°, N=3, ?95=15.8°, K=61.9) e foi encontrada para o gabro Guadalupe e outros dois diques máficos. Dois pólos paleomagnéticos foram determinados para estas componentes, os quais estão localizados em 289.4°E, -65.4°N (?95=12.9°) (pólo SC, Suíte Colíder) e 298.8°E, 50.4°N (?95=15.1°) (pólo IG, Intrusiva Guadalupe). O pólo SC (fator de confiabilidade Q=5) de idade 1789 ± 7 Ma é considerado um pólo de referência para o Cráton Amazônico. Reconstruções paleogeográficas obtidas através de pólos de referência do Paleoproterozóico sugerem que a Laurentia, a Báltica, o Norte da China e o Cráton Amazônico formavam uma grande massa continental (Supercontinente Columbia) entre 1830-1770 Ma. Esta hipótese é reforçada por dados geológicos que evidenciam a existência de cinturões paleoproterozóicos bem alinhados nestas quatro massas continentais, sendo estes formados por cinturões magmáticos relacionados a subducções com a mesma polaridade. / This work presents a paleomagnetic study perfomed on felsic volcanic rocks of the Colider Suite (5 oriented cores and 42 oriented hand samples, 12 sites), Flor da Serra and Guadalupe mafic rocks (75 oriented cores and 3 oriented hand samples, 11 sites). These units are situated in the northern Mato Grosso State (southwestern Amazonian Craton), close to the Alta Floresta, Colider, Terra Nova, and Matupá cities. The Colider Suite rocks have been dated by the U-Pb (zircon) method, and ages vary between 1.80 and 1.78 Ga. Radiometric determinations are not yet available for the Guadalupe Intrusive. Two very stable magnetization components were isolated after AF and thermal demagnetization: northern (southern) directions with moderate to steep downward (upward) inclinations (component B - Dm=187.4°, Im=50.9°, N=16, ?95=11.3°, K=11.7) were isolated for most Colider Suite rocks and associated mafic rocks. Northern upward direction with moderate inclination (component A - Dm=356.5°, Im=47.6°, N=3, ?95=15.8°, K=61.9) was found for the Guadalupe gabbro and other two mafic dikes. Rock magnetism experiments show that the magnetization is carried by hematite, which is probably primary in origin, in the felsic rocks. In the mafic rocks the main magnetic carrier is Ti-poor titanomagnetite in the PSD magnetic structure. Two paleomagnetic poles were determined for these components, which are located at 289.4°E, -65.4°N (?95=12.9°) (SC pole, Colider Suite) and 298.8°E, 50.4°N (?95=15.1°) (IG pole, Guadalupe Intrusive). An age of 1.780 ± 7 Ma is attributted to pole SC (quality factor Q=5), which is considered a key pole for the Amazon Craton. Paleogeographic reconstructions using Paleoproterozoic key poles suggest that Laurentia, Baltica, North China and the Amazon Craton were located in laterally contiguous positions forming a huge continental mass (Columbia Supercontinent) at 1830-1770 Ma ago. This hypothesis is reinforced by the geological evidence that paleoproterozoic mobile belts of these four continental masses fit well in the reconstruction, being formed by contemporaneous subduction-related magmatic arc belts with the same tectonic polarity.
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Estudo Paleomagnético da Suíte Paleoproterozóica Colíder e Máficas Associadas, Sudoeste do Cráton Amazônico / Paleomagnetic Study of Colider Paleoproterozoic Suite and Associated Mafics, Southwestern Amazonian CratonFranklin Bispo dos Santos 18 April 2007 (has links)
Este trabalho apresenta um estudo paleomagnético realizado em rochas ácidas da Suíte Colíder e rochas máficas associadas, situadas no Norte do Mato Grosso, parte sudoeste do Cráton Amazônico. Foram coletados 5 cilindros e 42 blocos orientados de rochas ácidas e intermediárias (12 sítios) da Suíte Colider e 75 cilindros e 3 blocos orientados de rochas máficas (11 sítios) pertencentes à Intrusiva Guadalupe e à Suíte Intrusiva Flor da Serra localizados nas proximidades de Alta Floresta, Colíder, Terra Nova e Matupá. A Suíte Colíder foi datada pelo método UPb em zircões e apresenta idades entre 1,80 e 1,78 Ga. Para a Intrusiva Guadalupe ainda não existem determinações radiométricas que estabeleçam a sua idade. A investigação da mineralogia magnética feita através de curvas termomagnéticas, de indução magnética e de histerese, além do tratamento térmico e por campos magnéticos alternados, indica a hematita como sendo o principal portador magnético da maioria das rochas ácidas. Por outro lado, as rochas máficas apresentam grãos de titanomagnetita pobre em Ti, a maioria com estrutura de pseudo-domínio simples (PSD). Espécimes destas rochas após as desmagnetizações térmicas e por campos magnéticos alternados apresentaram duas direções de magnetização característica. Uma delas (componente B) é representada por direções norte (sul) com inclinações negativas (positivas) (Dm=187.4°, Im=50.9°, N=16 ?95=11.3°, K=11.7) que foram isoladas para a maioria das rochas da Suíte Colíder e máficas associadas. A outra (componente A) é representada por direções norte com inclinações positivas ((Dm=356.5°, Im=47.6°, N=3, ?95=15.8°, K=61.9) e foi encontrada para o gabro Guadalupe e outros dois diques máficos. Dois pólos paleomagnéticos foram determinados para estas componentes, os quais estão localizados em 289.4°E, -65.4°N (?95=12.9°) (pólo SC, Suíte Colíder) e 298.8°E, 50.4°N (?95=15.1°) (pólo IG, Intrusiva Guadalupe). O pólo SC (fator de confiabilidade Q=5) de idade 1789 ± 7 Ma é considerado um pólo de referência para o Cráton Amazônico. Reconstruções paleogeográficas obtidas através de pólos de referência do Paleoproterozóico sugerem que a Laurentia, a Báltica, o Norte da China e o Cráton Amazônico formavam uma grande massa continental (Supercontinente Columbia) entre 1830-1770 Ma. Esta hipótese é reforçada por dados geológicos que evidenciam a existência de cinturões paleoproterozóicos bem alinhados nestas quatro massas continentais, sendo estes formados por cinturões magmáticos relacionados a subducções com a mesma polaridade. / This work presents a paleomagnetic study perfomed on felsic volcanic rocks of the Colider Suite (5 oriented cores and 42 oriented hand samples, 12 sites), Flor da Serra and Guadalupe mafic rocks (75 oriented cores and 3 oriented hand samples, 11 sites). These units are situated in the northern Mato Grosso State (southwestern Amazonian Craton), close to the Alta Floresta, Colider, Terra Nova, and Matupá cities. The Colider Suite rocks have been dated by the U-Pb (zircon) method, and ages vary between 1.80 and 1.78 Ga. Radiometric determinations are not yet available for the Guadalupe Intrusive. Two very stable magnetization components were isolated after AF and thermal demagnetization: northern (southern) directions with moderate to steep downward (upward) inclinations (component B - Dm=187.4°, Im=50.9°, N=16, ?95=11.3°, K=11.7) were isolated for most Colider Suite rocks and associated mafic rocks. Northern upward direction with moderate inclination (component A - Dm=356.5°, Im=47.6°, N=3, ?95=15.8°, K=61.9) was found for the Guadalupe gabbro and other two mafic dikes. Rock magnetism experiments show that the magnetization is carried by hematite, which is probably primary in origin, in the felsic rocks. In the mafic rocks the main magnetic carrier is Ti-poor titanomagnetite in the PSD magnetic structure. Two paleomagnetic poles were determined for these components, which are located at 289.4°E, -65.4°N (?95=12.9°) (SC pole, Colider Suite) and 298.8°E, 50.4°N (?95=15.1°) (IG pole, Guadalupe Intrusive). An age of 1.780 ± 7 Ma is attributted to pole SC (quality factor Q=5), which is considered a key pole for the Amazon Craton. Paleogeographic reconstructions using Paleoproterozoic key poles suggest that Laurentia, Baltica, North China and the Amazon Craton were located in laterally contiguous positions forming a huge continental mass (Columbia Supercontinent) at 1830-1770 Ma ago. This hypothesis is reinforced by the geological evidence that paleoproterozoic mobile belts of these four continental masses fit well in the reconstruction, being formed by contemporaneous subduction-related magmatic arc belts with the same tectonic polarity.
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Structural and Hydrological Influences on the Evolution of Hellhole Cave, Pendleton County, West VirginiaZinz, Daniel C. 08 August 2007 (has links)
No description available.
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