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Gallo D. G. Kidd W. S. F. Fox P. J. Karson J. A. Macdonald K. Crane K. Choukroune P. Seguret M. Moody R. Kastens K. 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1984,6(2):159-185
During the Fall of 1979, a manned submersible program, utilizing DSRV ALVIN, was carried out at the intersection of the East Pacific Rise (EPR) with the Tamayo Transform boundary. A total of seven dives were completed in the vicinity of the EPR/Tamayo intersection depression and documented the geologic relationships that characterize the juxtaposition of these types of plate boundaries. The young volcanic terrain of the EPR axis can be traced into and across the Tamayo Transform valley but becomes buried by sedimentary talus that is being shed from sediment scarps along the unstable sediment slope that defines the north side of the intersection depression. Within 4 km of the transform boundary, the dominant trend (000°) of the fissures and faults that disrupt the rise-generated volcanics is markedly oblique to the regional direction of sea floor spreading (120°). Since no evidence was found to suggest that these structures accommodate significant amounts of strike-slip displacement, they are taken to reflect a distortion of the EPR extensional tectonic regime by a transform generated shear couple. The floor of the Tamayo Transform valley in this area is inundated by mass-wasted sediment, and the principal transform displacement zone is characterized at the surface by a narrow (<1.5 km) interval of fault scarps in sediment that trends parallel with the transform valley. Extrapolated to the west, this zone links with zones of transform deformation investigated during earlier submersible studies (CYAMEX and Pastouret, 1981). Evidence of low-level hydrothermal discharge was seen at one locality on the EPR axis and at another 8 km west of the axis at the edge of the zone of transform deformation. 相似文献
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ANGUS photographs and ALVIN observational data from Fracture Zones A and B on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near 37°N were examined for structural and sedimentological indications of the area's tectonics. Both transform fault zones are characterized by volcanic rubble, breccias, chalks, and undisturbed sediments typical of slow-slipping transforms.The photographic data consist of 16 camera-sled traverses from the FAMOUS Expedition using the ANGUS deep-towed camera system. These data cover several different morphotectonic provinces along the strike of both slow-slipping (2 cm yr-1) fracture zones. ALVIN data come from two dives in the central part of Fracture Zone B. The two fracture zones differ in their distribution of fractured and sheared chalks which indicate regions of strike-slip deformation along the transform. Evidence of shearing is confined to a very narrow region in the center of FZ A, whereas the zone of shear deformation is as much as 6 km wide across FZ B. Other differences include the morphology and depth of the transform valleys and their contiguous nodal basins and the extent of exposures of fresh-looking volcanic ridges in the nodal basin. 相似文献
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Submersible observations and photogeology document dramatic variations in the distribution of young volcanic rocks, faulting,
fissuring, and hydrothermal activity along an 80 km-long segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Kane Transform (MARK
Area). These variations define two spreading cells separated by a cell boundary zone or a small-offset transform zone. The
northern spreading cell is characterized by a median ‘neovolcanic’ ridge which runs down the axis of the median valley floor
for 40 km. This edifice is as much as 4 km wide and 600 m high and is composed of very lightly sedimented basalts inferred
to be < 5000 years old. It is the largest single volcanic constructional feature discovered to date on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The active Snake Pit hydrothermal vent field is on the crest of this ridge and implies the presence of a magma chamber in
the northern spreading cell. In contrast, the southern cell is characterized by small, individual volcanos similar in size
to the central volcanos in the FAMOUS area. Two of the volcanos that were sampled appear to be composed of dominantly glassy
basaltic rocks with very light sediment cover; whereas, other volcanos in this region appear to be older features. The boundary
zone between the two spreading cells is intensely faulted and lacks young volcanic rocks. This area may also contain a small-offset
( < 8 km) transform zone. Magmatism in the northern cell has been episodic and tens of thousands of years have lapsed since
the last major magmatic event there. In the southern cell, a more continuous style of volcanic accretion appears to be operative.
The style of spreading in the southern cell may be much more typical for the Mid-Atlantic Ridge than that of the northern
cell because the latter is adjacent to the 150 km-offset Kane Transform that may act as a thermal sink along the MAR. Such
large transforms are not common on the MAR, therefore, lithosphere produced in a spreading cell influenced by a large transform
may also be somewhat atypical. 相似文献
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Summary . In this paper we present laboratory measurements of compressional and shear wave velocities of a diverse suite of gabbroic rocks collected from the walls of the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre with DSRV Alvin. The degree of deformation and alteration affecting these gabbros is quite variable, and we believe that they are typical of plutonic rocks emplaced at shallow levels (upper portion of seismic layer 3 and shallower) of the oceanic crust. The compositional and textural variations are reflected in the wide range of laboratory velocities which span most of the range of seismic velocities reported for oceanic and ophiolite rock samples including basalts, gabbros, ultramafics, and their altered derivatives. Based upon the laboratory velocities and the geological setting of the Mid-Cayman gabbros, it is argued that no unique lithology, except anhydrous peridotite, can be unequivocally identified in the oceanic lithosphere from seismic velocity data alone. Furthermore, these data allow for the possibility of considerable lithologic heterogeneity within portions of the oceanic crust at the scale of a few centimetres to a few hundred metres. Such heterogeneities would go unrecognized because seismic refraction studies mask these variations resulting in a picture of apparent uniformity. 相似文献
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Neil W. Perk Laurence A. Coogan Jeffrey A. Karson Emily M. Klein Heather D. Hanna 《Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology》2007,154(5):575-590
A suite of samples collected from the uppermost part of the plutonic section of the oceanic crust formed at the southern East
Pacific Rise and exposed at the Pito Deep has been examined. These rocks were sampled in situ by ROV and lie beneath a complete
upper crustal section providing geological context. This is only the second area (after the Hess Deep) in which a substantial
depth into the plutonic complex formed at the East Pacific Rise has been sampled in situ and reveals significant spatial heterogeneity
in the plutonic complex. In contrast to the uppermost plutonic rocks at Hess Deep, the rocks studied here are generally primitive
with olivine forsterite contents mainly between 85 and 88 and including many troctolites. The melt that the majority of the
samples crystallized from was aggregated normal mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB). Despite this high Mg# clinopyroxene is common
despite model predictions that clinopyroxene should not reach the liquidus early during low-pressure crystallization of MORB.
Stochastic modeling of melt crystallisation at various levels in the crust suggests that it is unlikely that a significant
melt mass crystallized in the deeper crust (for example in sills) because this would lead to more evolved shallow level plutonic
rocks. Similar to the upper plutonic section at Hess Deep, and in the Oman ophiolite, many samples show a steeply dipping,
axis-parallel, magmatic fabric. This suggests that vertical magmatic flow is an important process in the upper part of the
seismic low velocity zone beneath fast-spreading ridges. We suggest that both temporal and spatial (along-axis) variability
in the magmatic and hydrothermal systems can explain the differences observed between the Hess Deep and Pito Deep plutonics.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Blackman Donna K. Karson Jeffrey A. Kelley Deborah S. Cann Johnson R. Früh-Green Gretchen L. Gee Jeffrey S. Hurst Stephen D. John Barbara E. Morgan Jennifer Nooner Scott L. Ross D. Kent Schroeder Timothy J. Williams Elizabeth A. 《Marine Geophysical Researches》2002,23(5-6):443-469
Marine Geophysical Research - The oceanic core complex comprising Atlantis Massif was formed within the past 1.5–2 Myr at the intersection of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30° N, and the... 相似文献
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The Kane Transform offsets spreading-center segments of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge by about 150 km at 24° N latitude. In terms of its first-order morphological, geological, and geophysical characteristics it appears to be typical of long-offset (>100 km), slow-slipping (2 cm yr-1) ridge-ridge transform faults. High-resolution geological observations were made from deep-towed ANGUS photographs and the manned submersible ALVIN at the ridge-transform intersections and indicate similar relationships in these two regions. These data indicate that over a distance of about 20 km as the spreading axes approach the fracture zone, the two flanks of each ridge axis behave in very different ways. Along the flanks that intersect the active transform zone the rift valley floor deepens and the surface expression of volcanism becomes increasingly narrow and eventually absent at the intersection where only a sediment-covered ‘nodal basin’ exists. The adjacent median valley walls have structural trends that are oblique to both the ridge and the transform and have as much as 4 km of relief. These are tectonically active regions that have only a thin (<200 m), highly fractured, and discontinuous carapace of volcanic rocks overlying a variably deformed and metamorphosed assemblage of gabbroic rocks. Overprinting relationships reveal a complex history of crustal extension and rapid vertical uplift. In contrast, the opposing flanks of the ridge axes, that intersect the non-transform zones appear to be similar in many respects to those examined elsewhere along slow-spreading ridges. In general, a near-axial horst and graben terrain floored by relatively young volcanics passes laterally into median valley walls with a simple block-faulted character where only volcanic rocks have been found. Along strike toward the fracture zone, the youngest volcanics form linear constructional volcanic ridges that transect the entire width of the fracture zone valley. These volcanics are continuous with the older-looking, slightly faulted volcanic terrain that floors the non-transform fracture zone valleys. These observations document the asymmetric nature of seafloor spreading near ridge-transform intersections. An important implication is that the crust and lithosphere across different portions of the fracture zone will have different geological characteristics. Across the active transform zone two lithosphere plate edges formed at ridge-transform corners are faulted against one another. In the non-transform zones a relatively younger section of lithosphere that formed at a ridge-non-transform corner is welded to an older, deformed section that initially formed at a ridge-transform corner. 相似文献
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Inward-dipping (cone) sheet swarms and an associated central volcano are well-exposed in the deeply-eroded Tertiary crust of Vatnsdalur, Skagi Peninsula region, northern Iceland. Spatially registered orientations of 389 mafic sheets, mapped in three distinct sheet swarms define both the overall shape and magmatic source of each swarm. The Vatnsdalur sheet swarms consist of planar inward-dipping sheets that collectively define a conical shape rather than a bowl- or trumpet-shape as have been found in swarms in other locations. In the best exposed swarm, three-dimensional projection of mafic sheets into the subsurface defines two distinct foci, which are interpreted as the magmatic sources of two temporally distinct sub-swarms. These results help to establish the influence of inclined sheet intrusion on crustal accretion at central volcanoes. The geometry of the swarm constrains the thickness of material that was added to the crust during sheet intrusion. When combined with estimates of surface relief, we calculate that 2.2 to 4.1 km of subsidence were required beneath the central volcano in order to accommodate the intrusion of the sheet swarm. Similar processes of crustal thickening and subsidence likely occur in a wide variety of both continental rift and mid-ocean ridge systems where magmatic activity is focused at central volcanoes. 相似文献
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Large volumes of pseudotachylyte (an intrusive, fault-related rock interpreted to form by a combination of cataclasis and melting) occur in Tertiary normal faults and accommodation zones along 400 km of the East Greenland volcanic rifted margin. Analysis of representative pseudotachylyte samples reveals a wide range of mesoscopic and microscopic textures, mineralogies, and chemistries in the aphanitic pseudotachylyte matrix. Three distinct types of pseudotachylyte (referred to as angular, rounded and glassy) are identified based on these characteristics. Angular pseudotachylyte (found primarily in dike-like reservoir zones) is characterized by angular grains visible on all scales, with micron-scale fragments of mica and amphibole. Its matrix is enriched in Fe2O3, MgO, and TiO2 relative to the host rock, with minor increases in CaO, K2O, and small decreases in Na2O. Rounded pseudotachylyte is found in reservoir zones, injection veins (pseudotachylyte-filled extension fractures), and fault veins (small faults with pseudotachylyte along their surfaces). It is characterized by smooth-surfaced, compacted grains on microscopic scales, and encloses rounded, interpenetrative lithic clasts on outcrop scale. Its matrix is enriched in Fe2O3, MgO, TiO2, and Al2O3 relative to the host rock, with minor depletion in Na2O and K2O. Glassy pseudotachylyte is found primarily along fault surfaces. Its matrix is characterized by isotropic, conchoidally fractured material containing microscopic, strain-free amphibole phenocrysts, and is enriched in TiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Fe2O3, MgO, CaO, and Na2O relative to the host rock. These observations suggest that angular pseudotachylyte was produced by cataclasis, with enrichment in metallic oxides resulting from preferential crushing of mechanically weak amphibole and mica minerals found in the gneissic host rock. Cataclasis and concomitant frictional heating resulted in the textural and chemical modification of angular pseudotachylyte by sintering or melting, producing rounded and glassy pseudotachylyte, respectively. Compositional and textural observations constrain the temperatures reached during frictional heating (700–900°C) which in turn delimit the amount of frictional heat imparted to the pseudotachylytes during slip. Our results suggest that the East Greenland pseudotachylytes formed during small seismic events along faults at shallow crustal levels. Consistent relative ages and widespread occurrence of pseudotachylyte-bearing faults in East Greenland suggest that widespread microseismicity accompanied the early development of this volcanic rifted margin. 相似文献
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Ali Saquaque Mohammed Benharref Hassan Abia Zakia Mrini Ingrid Reuber Jeffrey A. Karson 《International Journal of Earth Sciences》1992,81(1):1-13
The Saghro hills constitute the northern branch of the Panafrican mobile belt in the eastern part of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas. The Precambrian terranes are predominantly composed of volcaniclastic and volcanic series witnessing a mainly explosive volcanism, intruded by diorites and granites. Their age attribution is problematic, and has been reconsidered in the present study based on structural evidence and Rb/Sr data of quartzdiorites: penetratively deformed volcano-sedimentaries intruded by these plutons aged between 754 and 722 Ma are now considered as Lower Precambrian II. The Upper PII series have been reattributed, and only formations overlying a basal conglomerate and angular disconformity are considered PIII.Main schistosities are predominantly NE-SW, cut by conjugate sets of strike-slip shear zones. In the Saghro area NW-SE compression can explain the observed structures during this main Panafrican deformation phase, while fault kinematics and dike emplacement related to late deformation events indicate rather a NE-SW compression.The explosive volcanism of the Saghro area can be related to a volcanic arc, active during the subduction- and collision-related Panafrican deformations. This arc would be located on the upper plate in respect to the northward dipping subduction zone evidenced in Bou Azzer — El Graara inlier (Saquaque et al., 1989a).
Zusammenfassung Der Saghro repräsentiert den nördlichen Zweig der panafrikanischen Kette im östlichen Teil des marokkanischen Anti-Atlas. Die präkambrischen Serien bestehen weitgehend aus vulkanischem und vulkano-detritischem Material, die Zeugnis einer vorwiegend explosiven Vulkantätigkeit sind. Diese Serien sind intrudiert von Dioriten und Graniten. Die Altersbestimmung dieser Serien ist problematisch, und ihre Einstufung ist in vorliegender Arbeit revidiert auf Grund struktureller Beobachtungen und Rb-Sr Alter der intrusiven Quarzdiorite von 754 bis 722 Ma. Damit gehören die penetrativ deformierten Serien dem unteren PII an und dem oberen PII werden die etwas deformierten Teile des ehemaligen unteren PIII zugeordnet. Nur diejenigen Formationen, die ein charkteristisches Basiskonglomerat oder eine Winkeldiskordanz überlagern, werden als PIII eingestuft.Die Hauptschieferung streicht NE-SW, und wird von einem System konjugierter Scherzonen durchschnitten. Im Saghro können alle Strukturen dieser panafrikanischen Hauptphase durch eine NW-SE gerichtete Einengung erklärt werden. Die Injektion von Gängen und die Kinematik entlang Störungen im späteren Stadium der panafrikanischen Deformation dagegen deutet auf eine NE-SW-Einengung.Der explosive Vulkanismus und die kalk-alkalinen Plutone des Saghro können durch einen Inselbogenmagmatismus im Zusammenhang mit der nordvergenten Subduktion entlang des »accident majeur« von Bou Azzer – El Graara erklärt werden (Saquaque et al., 1989). Seine Aktivität war gleichzeitig mit den die Subduktion und die Kollision begleitenden Deformationen.
Résumé Les boutonnières du Saghro constituent la branche nord de la zone panafricaine mobile dans la partie est de l'Anti-Atlas marocain. Les terrains précambriens sont essentiellement composés de séries volcano-clastiques et volcaniques témoignant d'un volcanisme à prédominance explosive, qui sont intrudées par des diorites et des granites. Leur attribution stratigraphique est problématique et fut reconsidérée comme PrécambrienII inférieur sur la base des données structurales et des datations Rb/Sr des diorites qaurtziques intrusives entre 754 et 722 Ma. En conséquence la série PII supérieur a été redéfinie, et uniquement des formations surmontant un conglomérat basai caractéristique ou une discordance angulaire sont considérés du PIII.La schistosité principale est NE-SW, recoupé par des systèmes de zones de cisaillement décrochantes conjuguées. Dans la région du Saghro, une compression NW-SE peut expliquer ces structures associées à la phase de déformation pan-africaine majeure, tandis que la cinématique des failles et l'emplacement de dykes liés aux déformations panafricaines tardives indiquent une compression NE-SW.Le volcanisme explosif du Saghro peut être lié à un arc, qui a été actif pendant les événements tectoniques liés à la subduction et la collision panafricaines. Cet arc sera localisé sur la plaque supérieure par rapport à une zone de subduction vers le nord retracée le long de l'accident majeur dans la boutonnière de Bou Azzer — El Graara (Saquaque et al., 1989).
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