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Title: | A Study of Pressure Solution Effects |
Authors: | Fueten, Frank |
Advisor: | Clifford, P. M. |
Department: | Geology |
Keywords: | Gowganda Formation, pure shear deformation, metamorphism, grain size, quartz, pre-lithification fraectures, recrystallization of quartz, cleavage, rock |
Publication Date: | Apr-1982 |
Abstract: | <p> A microscopic study of two samples of the Gowganda Formation, both having undergone pure shear deformation at greenschist f acies metamorphism has shown: Sample A -Reduction in quartz grain size, and pressure solution shadows were evidence for strong pressure solution activity. Pre-lithification fractures provided channelways for the removal of quartz and water out of the system. Matrix quartz was not recrystallized. Sample B -Extensive local recrystallization of quartz due to pressure solution activity caused metamorphic segregation and the formation of a cleavage. Cleavage behaviour differs in the matrix from that observed in an area of contact strain, as produced by a buckled quartz vein. There is no evidence for removal of quartz from the system. </p> <p> A comparison between the two samples suggests that (a) water, in this case at least, is necessary to produce metamorphic segregation, (b) the system has to be closed to reach metamorphic segregation and (c) original features may be preserved through limited metamorphism if the rock is dried out early in its history. </p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17791 |
Appears in Collections: | Bachelor theses |
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