Lattice-preferred orientations of late-Variscan granitoids derived from neutron diffraction data: implications for magma emplacement mechanisms |
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Authors: | Axel Müller Bernd Leiss Klaus Ullemeyer Karel Breiter |
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Institution: | 1.Geological Survey of Norway,Trondheim,Norway;2.Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum G?ttingen,G?ttingen,Germany;3.Institut für Geowissenschaften,Universit?t Kiel,Kiel,Germany;4.Institute of Geology, v.v.i.,Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,Praha 6,Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | The lattice-preferred orientation (LPOs) of two late-Variscan granitoids, the Meissen monzonite and the Podlesí dyke granite,
were determined from high-resolution time-of-flight neutron diffraction patterns gained at the diffractometer SKAT in Dubna,
Russia. The results demonstrate that the method is suitable for the LPO analysis of polyphase, relatively coarse-grained (0.1–6 mm)
rocks. The Meissen monzonite has a prominent shape-preferred orientation (SPO) of the non-equidimensional minerals feldspar,
mica and amphibole, whereas SPO of the Podlesí granite is unapparent at the hand-specimen scale. The neutron diffraction data
revealed distinct LPOs in both granitoids. The LPO of the non-equidimensional minerals feldspar, mica and amphibole developed
mainly during magmatic flow. In the case of the Meissen monzonite, the magmatic flow was superimposed by regional shear tectonics,
which, however, had no significant effect on the LPOs. In both samples, quartz shows a weak but distinct LPO, which is atypical
for plastic deformation and different in the syn-kinematic Meissen monzonite and the post-kinematic Podlesí granite. We suggest
that, first of all, the quartz LPO of the Meissen monzonite is the result of oriented growth in an anisotropic stress field.
The quartz LPO of the Podlesí granite, which more or less resembles a deformational LPO in the flattening field of the local
strain field, developed during magmatic flow, whereby the rhombohedral faces of the quartz crystals adhered to the (010) faces
of aligned albite and to the (001) faces of zinnwaldite. Due to shape anisotropy of their attachments, the quartz crystals
were passively aligned by magmatic flow. Thus, magmatic flow and oriented crystal growth are the major LPO-forming processes
in both granitoids. For the Meissen monzonite, the solid-state flow was too weak to cause significant crystallographic re-orientation
of the minerals aligned by magmatic flow. Finally, the significance of our results for the evaluation of the regional tectonic
environment during magma emplacement is discussed. The discussion on the regional implications of the more methodologically
oriented results provides the basis for future, more regionally aimed studies in view of the fabric characteristics of such
plutons and their developing mechanisms. |
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