From oblique subduction to intra-continental transpression: Structures of the southern Kermadec-Hikurangi margin from multibeam bathymetry,side-scan sonar and seismic reflection     

Jean-Yves Collot  Jean Delteil  Keith B. Lewis  Bryan Davy  Geoffroy Lamarche  Jean-Christophe Audru  Phil Barnes  Franck Chanier  Eric Chaumillon  Serge Lallemand  Bernard Mercier de Lepinay  Alan Orpin  Bernard Pelletier  Marc Sosson  Bertrand Toussaint  Chris Uruski 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1996,18(2-4):357-381

The southern Kermadec-Hikurangi convergent margin, east of New Zealand, accommodates the oblique subduction of the oceanic Hikurangi Plateau at rates of 4–5 cm/yr. Swath bathymetry and sidescan data, together with seismic reflection and geopotential data obtained during the GEODYNZ-SUD cruise, showed major changes in tectonic style along the margin. The changes reflect the size and abundance of seamounts on the subducting plateau, the presence and thickness of trench-fill turbidites, and the change to increasing obliquity and intracontinental transpression towards the south. In this paper, we provide evidence that faulting with a significant strike-slip component is widespread along the entire 1000 km margin. Subduction of the northeastern scrap of the Hikurangi Plateau is marked by an offset in the Kermadec Trench and adjacent margin, and by a major NW-trending tear fault in the scarp. To the south, the southern Kermadec Trench is devoid of turbidite fill and the adjacent margin is characterized by an up to 1200 m high scarp that locally separates apparent clockwise rotated blocks on the upper slope from strike-slip faults and mass wasting on the lower slope. The northern Hikurangi Trough has at least 1 km of trench-fill but its adjacent margin is characterized by tectonic erosion. The toe of the margin is indented by 10–25 km for more than 200 km, and this is inferred to be the result of repeated impacts of the large seamounts that are abundant on the northern Hikurangi Plateau. The two most recent impacts have left major indentations in the margin. The central Hikurangi margin is characterized by development of a wide accretionary wedge on the lower slope, and by transpression of presubduction passive margin sediments on the upper slope. Shortening across the wedge together with a component of strike-slip motion on the upper slope supports an interpretation of some strain partitioning. The southern Hikurangi margin is a narrow, mainly compressive belt along a very oblique, apparently locked subduction zone.  相似文献   

Radial resolving power of far-field differential sea-level highstands in the inference of mantle viscosity     

Roblyn A. Kendall  Jerry X. Mitrovica 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,171(2):881-889

For two decades leading to the late 1980s, the prevailing view from studies of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) data was that the viscosity of the Earth's mantle increased moderately, if at all, from the base of the lithosphere to the core–mantle boundary. This view was first questioned by Nakada & Lambeck , who argued that differential sea-level (DSL) highstands between pairs of sites in the Australian region preferred an increase of approximately two orders of magnitude from the mean viscosity of the upper to the lower mantle, in accord with independent inferences from observables related to mantle convection. We use non-linear Bayesian inference to provide the first formal resolving power analysis of the Australian DSL data set. We identify three radial regions, two within the upper mantle (110–270 km and 320–570 km depth) and one in the lower mantle (1225–2265 km depth), over which the average of viscosity is well constrained by the data. We conclude that: (1) the DSL data provide a resolution in the inference of upper mantle viscosity that is better than implied by forward analyses based on isoviscous regions above and below the 670 km depth discontinuity and (2) the data do not strongly constrain viscosity at either the base or top of the lower mantle. Finally, our inversions also quantify the significant bias that may be introduced in inversions of the DSL highstands that do not simultaneously estimate the thickness of the elastic lithosphere.  相似文献   

Assimilation and crystal accumulation in a mid-crustal magma chamber: the Sausfjellet pluton, north-central Norway     

C. G. Barnes  G. Dumond  A. S. Yoshinobu  T. Prestvik   《Lithos》2004,75(3-4):389-412

The Sausfjellet pluton is made up of two intrusive units emplaced into high-grade metamorphic rocks of the Helgeland Nappe Complex of the Uppermost Allochthon in the Norwegian Caledonides. The eastern part of the pluton intruded marble and less voluminous calc-silicate and pelitic rocks. The western half is hosted predominantly by semi-pelitic migmatite with intercalated marble. Remelting of the migmatite during pluton emplacement occurred in a thermal aureole as much as 1000 m wide. The early gabbroic unit forms the southeastern part of the body; it consists of hornblende-bearing to hornblende-rich gabbro and diorite which is thought to have crystallized from an H₂O-rich andesitic parental magma. The younger dioritic unit underlies the central and western parts of the pluton, as well as a zone as much as 200 m wide that separates the rest of the pluton from its host rocks (herein the “annular zone”). The interior or central zone of the dioritic unit is pyroxene diorite that is locally interlayered with anorthosite. The western and annular zones are, by comparison, mineralogically heterogeneous. They range from diorite to quartz monzonite and from biotite-bearing two- and three-pyroxene assemblages to biotite–hornblende assemblages. Neither rock type nor mafic assemblage is correlated with position in the pluton or proximity to a contact. Stoped blocks of a distinctive coarse-grained diorite, as well as pyroxene-rich calc-silicates, are present in the gabbroic unit and the central zone of the dioritic unit. The few stoped blocks observed in the western zone of the dioritic unit are predominantly quartz-rich gneiss. Chemical variation in the central zone of the dioritic unit is interpreted to result from accumulation of pyroxenes+plagioclase from an H₂O-poor andesitic parent. These rocks have approximately constant δ¹⁸O of +6.6±0.2‰ and lack evidence of in situ assimilation. Heterogeneities in the western and annular zones of the dioritic unit are reflected in variable, anomalously enriched incompatible element contents and in δ¹⁸O, which ranges from +6.7‰ to +8.6‰. Petrologic models indicate that the magma parental to the central zone could also be parental to the western and annular zones. If so, evolution of the western and annular zone magma was by crystal accumulation and assimilation of metapelitic host rocks. As much as 20% of the mass of the western and annular zones can be ascribed to assimilated material, which apparently entered the magma by stoping. Therefore, the asymmetrical zoning of the pluton is due to differences in host rock compositions and the relative ability of the magma to assimilate its host rocks.  相似文献   

Interactions between serpentinite devolatilization, metasomatism and strike-slip strain localization during deep-crustal shearing in the Eastern Alps   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

J. D. Barnes  J. Selverstone  Z. D. Sharp 《Journal of Metamorphic Geology》2004,22(4):283-300

The Greiner shear zone in the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps, changes from a zone of distributed (dominantly sinistral) shear in supracrustal rocks to a series of narrow, gully forming dextral splays where it enters basement gneisses. Within these splays, granodiorite is transformed into quartz‐poor biotite and/or chlorite schists, reflecting hydration, removal of Si, Ca and Na, and concentration of Fe, Mg and Al. Stable isotope analyses show a prominent increase in δD and a decrease in δ¹⁸O from granodiorite into the shear zones. These changes indicate significant channelized flow of an externally derived, low‐δ¹⁸O, high‐δD fluid through the shear zones. The shear zone schists are chemically similar to blackwall zones developed around serpentinite bodies elsewhere in the Greiner zone and the stable isotope data support alteration via serpentinite‐derived fluid. Monazite in schist from one shear zone yields spot dates of 29–20 Ma, indicating that the fluid influx and switch from sinistral to dextral shear occurred at or shortly after the thermal peak of the Alpine orogeny (c. 30 Ma). We suggest that Alpine metamorphism of serpentinites released large amounts of high‐δD, low‐δ¹⁸O, Si‐undersaturated, Fe + Mg‐saturated fluids that became channelized along prior zones of weakness in the granodiorite. Infiltration of this fluid facilitated growth of chlorite and biotite, which in turn localized later dextral strain in the narrow splays via cleavage‐parallel slip. This dextral strain event can be linked to other structures that accommodated tectonic escape of major crustal blocks during dextral transpression in the Eastern Alps. This study shows that serpentinite devolatilization can play an important role in modifying both the chemistry and rheology of surrounding rocks during orogenesis.  相似文献   

Intercomparison of Boron Isotope and Concentration Measurements. Part II: Evaluation of Results   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

Roberto Gonfiantini  Sonia Tonarini  Manfred Grning  Alessandra Adorni‐Braccesi  Assad S. Al‐Ammar  Marcus Astner  Sebastien Bchler  Ramon M. Barnes  Randy L. Bassett  Alain Cocherie  Annette Deyhle  Andrea Dini  Giorgio Ferrara  Jrme Gaillardet  Judith Grimm  Catherine Guerrot  Urs Krhenbühl  Graham Layne  Damien Lemarchand  Anette Meixner  D. Jack Northington  Maddalena Pennisi  Eva Reitznerov  Ilia Rodushkin  Naoji Sugiura  Regina Surberg  Sabine Tonn  Michael Wiedenbeck  Samuel Wunderli  Yingkai Xiao  Thomas Zack 《Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research》2003,27(1):41-57

The Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse (IGG), on behalf and with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), prepared eight geological materials (three natural waters and five rocks and minerals), intended for a blind interlaboratory comparison of measurements of boron isotopic composition and concentration. The materials were distributed to twenty seven laboratories - virtually all those performing geochemical boron isotope analyses in the world -which agreed to participate in the intercomparison exercise. Only fifteen laboratories, however, ultimately submitted the isotopic and/or concentration results they obtained on the intercomparison materials. The results demonstrate that interlaboratory reproducibility is not well reflected by the precision values reported by the individual laboratories and this observation holds true for both boron concentration and isotopic composition. The reasons for the discrepancies include fractionations due to the chemical matrix of materials, relative shift of the zero position on the δ¹¹B scale and a lack of well characterized materials for calibrating absolute boron content measurements. The intercomparison materials are now available at the IAEA (solid materials) and IGG (waters) for future distribution.  相似文献   

Magnetostratigraphy and sedimentary evolution of the late Miocene to early Pleistocene sediments, Quseir region, Egyptian Red Sea     

Candida B. Lean  Mark W. Hounslow  Fred J. Vine  Gill M. Harwood  Liz Elvidge  Kevin Fisk  Alan C. Kendall  & Paul Montgomery§ 《Geophysical Journal International》1998,133(2):435-450

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Tectonics of the lower mantle     

Michael Kendall 《Astronomy& Geophysics》2004,45(2):2.30-2.34

The Bullerwell Lecture is an annual award given by the British Geophysical Association. Michael Kendall here presents the 2003 lecture.  相似文献   

Problems in the dating of volcanic rocks by the potassium-argon method     

J. G. Funkhouser  I. L. Barnes  J. J. Naughton 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1966,29(1):709-717

The potassium-argon method is attractive for dating volcanics since it can be applied to rocks of Pleistocene age and older, thus encompassing important periods of general volcanic activity. However it has been found that dates obtained on whole rocks and on included minerals frequently show gross discordances. In order to establish this dating method in this application an attempt has been made to trace the sources of the anomalies. To illustrate these efforts, dating results from a rhyodacite of Mauna Kuwale, Oahu, Hawaii, are reported. Determinations on several minerals and the whole rock of this ridge give a concordant age of 2.3 ± 0.3 million years, excluding some few results on minerals which show old age anomalies. It has been noted that xenoliths in certain Hawaiian volcanics contain fluid inclusions which show evidence of formation at depth. We have found that gas released from such inclusions by crushing contains radiogenic argon, and that the constituent minerals give very old potassium-argon ages (circa 800 million years). Similar gaseous inclusions have been noted in a variety of other lava phenocrysts, and their presence in a dated sample may produce an anomalous old age. In the minerals from Mauna Kuwale sporadic occurrences of inclusions have been noted in biotites and hornblendes, and crushing of the mineral releases the excess radiogenic argon. The determination of the age of such a material would give an old age, and thus account for the anomalies found. For meaningful dating of volcanics by the potassium argon method it is concluded that phenocryst-containing materials should be examined for fluid inclusion content, and samples which contain these should be rejected.  相似文献   

On the stable carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of some shallow water,ahermatypic, scleractinian coral skeletons     

Lynton S. Land  Judith C. Lang  David J. Barnes 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1977,41(1):169-172

The δC¹³ and δO¹⁸ values of skeletons of shallow water, ahermatypic scleractinian corals from Jamaica show an excellent correlation over a wide range of isotopic composition. Within individual specimens there are large differences in the isotopic composition of separate skeletal elements. Some of these ahermatypes are enriched in O¹⁸ relative to equilibrium precipitates of calcium carbonate from Jamaican sea water. Therefore our data do not support a two-reservoir mixing model for calcification if one of these reservoirs consists of dissolved marine (inorganic) bicarbonate. As some of these ahermatypic species are enriched in both C¹³ and O¹⁸ relative to hermatypic corals from the same reefs, calcification models based on withdrawal of metabolic CO₂ by photosynthesizing zooxanthellae must also be modified.  相似文献   

The University of Durham Mark 6 Gamma Ray Telescope     

P. Armstrong  P. M. Chadwick  P. J. Cottle  J. E. Dickinson  M. R. Dickinson  N. A. Dipper  S. E. Hilton  W. Hogg  J. Holder  T. R. Kendall  T. J. L. McComb  C. M. Moore  K. J. Orford  S. M. Rayner  I. D. Roberts  M. D. Roberts  M. Robertshaw  S. E. Shaw  K. Tindale  S. P. Tummey  K. E. Turver 《Experimental Astronomy》1999,9(2):51-80

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