Metamorphic zoning and geodynamic evolution of an inverted crustal section (Karakorum margin, N Pakistan), evidence for two metamorphic events     

Y. Rolland  E. Carrio-Schaffhauser  S. M. F. Sheppard  A. Pêcher  L. Esclauze 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》2006,95(2):288-305

The Karakorum Range comprises a crustal section of marbles and metapelites providing an opportunity to study the extent of high-temperature metamorphic reequilibration in an active orogen. Metamorphism culminated during the Mio-Pliocene, at 6–7 Ma. Peak metamorphic conditions increased from south to north, i.e. from (1) the Upper Anchizone grade (lawsonite, chlorite–smectite) to (2) lower granulite migmatite grade (HT∼800°C) conditions along strike of a 30-km section perpendicular to the structural fabric of the rocks. The metamorphic section can be separated into two domains:

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A domain with low to transitional metamorphic conditions, with respect to the HT zone, where initial bedding is preserved. These moderate PT conditions prevailed during the main tectonic stacking event (50–37 Ma), prior to the Mio-Pliocene event. In this domain, metamorphism is governed by fluid-assisted grain-scale diffusion, as suggested by the progressive coarsening of minerals with increasing metamorphic grade and the preservation of sedimentary δ13C signatures in carbonates. A low thermal gradient (17°C/km) is derived from P-T estimates of the prograde metamorphic sequences.

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A higher-grade metamorphic domain where, by contrast, the metamorphic style is dominated by advection of heat with magmatic intrusions involving mantle melts during the recent tectonic history (20–3 Ma). Strong devolatilisation of CO2 and partial melting of the metapelites triggered mixing up of carbonated and pelitic lithologies resulting in ultramafic restites and calc-silicate mobilisates. The δ13C isotopic composition of carbonates is widely modified, though locally preserved.

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Continental and marine contributions to formation of mangrove sediments in an Eastern Amazonian mudplain: The case of the Marapanim Estuary     

Maria Do Perpetuo Socorro Progene Vilhena  Marcondes Lima Da Costa  José Francisco Berrêdo 《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2010,29(2):427-438

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Behavior of trace elements in relation to Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronometers during metamorphic dehydration–hydration in the HP domain of Vårdalsneset, Western Gneiss Region, Norway     

Céline Martin  Stéphanie Duchêne  Béatrice Luais  Philippe Goncalves  Etienne Deloule  Céline Fournier 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2010,159(4):437-458

The geochemical and isotopic characterization of an eclogite and the associated retrogressive amphibolite at Vårdalsneset, WGR, Norwegian Caledonide was undertaken to investigate the mobility of REE and Hf and the behavior of Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd geochronometers during metamorphic dehydration/rehydration. Eclogitic garnets display a distinct core–rim chemical zoning. Thermodynamic modeling indicates that both cores (13–22 kbar, 500–580°C) and rims (>16 kbar, 610–660°C) crystallized under eclogite-facies conditions. The core–rim zoning corresponds to the dehydration of the system. This petrographic disequilibrium is associated with Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd disequilibrium, which prevents dating of the eclogitic stages. At the rock scale, the incoming fluid responsible for eclogite–amphibolite retrogression brought in Sm and Nd, leached Lu, and had no influence on Hf. At the grain scale, mass balance shows that Sm and Nd were stored in clinozoisite since the first eclogitic stage, whereas Lu and Hf, which were more thoroughly redistributed among minerals during retrogression, enable the dating of the amphibolitic facies at 378 ± 17 Ma.  相似文献   

NO emissions as observed by SPICAV during stellar occultations     

Emilie Royer  Franck Montmessin  Jean-Loup Bertaux 《Planetary and Space Science》2010,58(10):1314-1326

Ultraviolet (UV) nightglow data from the SPICAV instrument (SPectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Venus) onboard the Venus Express spacecraft, currently in orbit around Venus, are presented. In its extended source mode, SPICAV has shown that the Venus nightglow in the UV contains essentially Lyman-α and Nitric Oxide (NO) emissions. In the stellar mode, when the slit of the spectrometer is removed, an emission is also observed at the limb in addition to the stellar spectrum. A forward model allows us to identify this feature as being an NO emission. Due to radiative recombination of N and O atoms produced on the dayside of Venus, and transported to the nightside, NO nightglow provides important constraints to the Solar-to-Anti Solar thermospheric circulation prevailing above 90 km. The forward model presented here allows us to derive the altitude of the peak of emission of the NO layer, found at 113.5±6 km, as well as its scale height, of 3.4±1 km and its brightness. The latter is found to be very variable with emissions between 19 Kilo-Rayleigh (kR) and 540 kR. In addition, the NO nightglow is sometimes very patchy, as we are able to observe two distinct emission zones in the field of view. Finally, systematic extraction of this emission from stellar occultations extends the database of the NO emission already reported elsewhere using limb observations.  相似文献   

Fission track ages on apatite of Bergell rocks from Central Alps and Bergell boulders in Oligocene sediments     

Günther A. Wagner  Donald S. Miller  Emilie Jäger 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》1979,45(2):355-360

Previous radiometric dating studies indicated that the Bergell region, in contrast to other regions of the Central Alps, experienced an early, rapid uplift, but with decreasing rate. Furthermore, there is also a geological record of the early uplift history of the Bergell granite by the existence of boulders which were derived from this granite and which occur in the Late Oligocene sediments of the Po plain.In this work the uplift history of the Bergell is studied in more detail by fission track dating of additional apatites from the Bergell region. Secondly, by determining apatite fission track ages the granitic boulders of the Po plain can be re-assigned to their original vertical position within the Bergell intrusive before erosion removed them in Late Oligocene time. A rather conservative estimate replaces them 6 km above the present morphology of the Bergell massif. Thus, the thickness of the Bergell granite must have been at least 8 km.Generally, fission track studies on boulders may become an important tool to study the vertical extent of mountain chains during the geological past.  相似文献   

Das Alter von Graniten und Gneisen     

Jäger  Emilie 《Mineralogy and Petrology》1966,11(3-4):304-316

Summary In this paper the interpretation of isotopic age data is discussed. It is shown that in many cases the measured age results do not date geological events which are considered by geologists to be the age of a rock or a mineral. These age data must often be ascribed to other periods of the evolution of rocks.Several examples of Rb-Sr age results on rocks and minerals from the Alps are discussed. It is shown that even with a great number of age data available it is impossible to date the time of metamorphism. On the other side detailed information of the cooling history of the Alps is given by Rb-Sr age results, which cannot be studied by classical geological methods.

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Flow behaviour and runout modelling of a complex debris flow in a clay‐shale basin     

Alexandre Remaître  Jean‐Philippe Malet  Olivier Maquaire  Christophe Ancey  Jacques Locat 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2005,30(4):479-488

Identification of debris‐flow hazard areas necessitates the knowledge of the flow thickness and the runout distance. Both have been investigated using a numerical runout model. On the Faucon stream (South French Alps), representative of clay‐shale basins, results of various rheological tests and numerical experiments are presented and discussed. The calibration of the model was undertaken using the results of both geomorphological surveys and sedimentological analyses. Rheological tests using either a parallel‐plate rheometer, a coaxial rheometer, slump tests, and an inclined plane were carried out on several samples. Results have shown that the flow behaviour could be described by an Herschel‐Bulkley constitutive equation. The rheological responses of several natural suspensions collected from surficial deposits (sandstones, moraines, weathered black marls) were also investigated. In order to model the runout of the flow, the model BING was used. The model describes well the influence of each type of sediment on the behaviour (runout distance, deposit thickness) of the flow, although the velocities were significantly overestimated. Different risk scenarios are tested and discussed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Dual aspects of mantle convection through time: Changes in global upper mantle temperature, Earth’s rotation, and global plate motion acceleration induced by mantle avalanches     

Philippe Machetel  Erik O. D. Sevre  Emilie Thomassot  David A. Yuen 《Visual Geosciences》2003,8(1):1-6

The mean depth of the mantle transition zone depends on the global mantle temperature through the Clapeyron slope. Numerical models of mantle convection with endothermic phase change at 670 km are characterized by quiet periods of partial layering alternating with catastrophic events. During an avalanche, global thermal anomalies, reaching several tens of degrees, and lasting several tens of million years occur that induce a global deepening of the mantle transition zone. The resulting inertia tensor perturbations lead to acceleration of the Earth’s rotation. The bottom heat fluxes remains strong as a consequence of the steep thermal gradient at the CMB level; whereas it decreases to a low level during quiet periods. The upper surface heat flux displays a more complex behavior due to the re-heating of upper mantle by plumes generated at the transition zone and at the CMB. Following these numerical results, two significantly different regimes of mantle convection may have alternated several times during the Earth’s history. The avalanche periods are also associated with a global increase of plate tectonic activity (ridge accretion and continental break-up) due to an increase of the surface velocity during the avalanche process. This work shows the richness of the behavior in surfaces and bottom heat fluxes that arises from the alternation of quiet periods of partial layering with catastrophic avalanche events. Complexities in the real Earth displays are surprisingly simular to those caused by the consequences of mantle avalanches.  相似文献   

Compositional variability of ice‐rafted debris in Heinrich layers 1 and 2 on the northwest European continental slope identified by environmental magnetic analyses     

John Walden  Emilie Wadsworth  William E. N. Austin  Clare Peters  James D. Scourse  Ian R. Hall 《第四纪科学杂志》2007,22(2):163-172

The composition of ice‐rafted debris (IRD) within a sediment core from the European continental slope (core OMEX‐2K; 49° 5′ N, 13° 26′ W) has been examined using environmental magnetic analyses. The data demonstrate compositional variability of the IRD within Heinrich layers 2 (H2) and 1 (H1) and these differences are most readily explained by changes in the contribution of different IRD sources to the core site. Some IRD within the main Heinrich layers show magnetic signatures that are similar to IRD derived from the Laurentide ice sheet found in cores from within the main North Atlantic IRD‐belt. In contrast, other IRD‐rich layers, both prior to and within the main Heinrich layers, demonstrate different magnetic behaviour, suggesting a contribution from a non‐Laurentide sourced IRD, most likely derived from ice streams discharging from northeast Atlantic ice sheets such as the British and Fennoscandian ice sheets. These data are consistent with published compositional data from the same core and, given the rapid, highly sensitive and non‐destructive nature of the method, suggest that environmental magnetic analysis has considerable potential for characterising IRD materials within Heinrich layers for the purposes of defining provenance. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Geoenvironmental site investigation using different techniques in a municipal solid waste disposal site in Brazil   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Giulliana Mondelli  Heraldo Luiz Giacheti  Maria Eugênia Gimenez Boscov  Vagner Roberto Elis  Jorge Hamada 《Environmental Geology》2007,52(5):871-887

Different geoenvironmental site investigation techniques to assess contamination from a municipal solid waste disposal site in Brazil are presented here. Superficial geophysical investigation (geoelectrical survey), resistivity piezocone penetration tests (RCPTU), soil samples collected with direct-push samplers and water samples collected from monitoring wells were applied in this study. The application of the geoelectrical method was indispensable to identify the presence and flow direction of contamination plumes (leachate) as well as to indicate the most suitable locations for RCPTU tests and soil and water sampling. Chemical analyses of groundwater samples contributed to a better understanding of the flow of the contaminated plume. The piezocone presented some limitations for tropical soils, since the groundwater level is sometimes deeper than the layer which is impenetrable to the cone, and the soil genesis and unsaturated conditions affect soil behavior. The combined interpretation of geoelectrical measurements and soil and water samplings underpinned the interpretation of RCPTU tests. The interpretation of all the test results indicates that the contamination plume has already overreached the landfill’s west-northwest borders. Geoenvironmental laboratory test results suggest that contamination from the solid waste disposal site has been developing gradually, indicating the need for continuous monitoring of the groundwater.  相似文献