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Published on: November 6, 2021
Pseudotaquilitas generadas durante las fallas sísmicas y la eclogitización de la corteza profunda
Resumen
Pseudotaquilitas en Noruega también se encuentran.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Geología Geología Geología.
- La tectónica es la tectónica.
- Petrología Petrología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las pseudotaquilitas se forman típicamente por fusión por fricción durante las fallas sísmicas.
- Su aparición en los arcos de Bergen proporciona información sobre los procesos profundos de la corteza.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el origen y las condiciones de la formación de pseudotaquilitos en los arcos de Bergen.
- Comprender el papel de la eclogitización en la génesis de las pseudotaquilitas.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis petrográfico de microlitos de pseudotaquilito (omfacita, granate, plagioclasa, cuarzo).
- Modelado termodinámico para determinar ensamblajes minerales estables y condiciones P-T.
Principales resultados:
- Las pseudotaquilitas contienen minerales facies eclogitas, lo que indica una formación a ~800°C y 18-19 kbar (profundidades >60 km).
- Estas rocas se encuentran en granulitos de Grenvillian que se sometieron a la eclogitización inducida por fluidos durante la orogenia caledónica.
- La eclogitización causó una reducción de volumen de ~10% en las rocas anfitrionas.
Conclusiones:
- Las pseudotaquilitas probablemente se formaron a partir de una rápida relajación del estrés debido a la eclogitización inducida por fluidos.
- Este estudio sugiere un vínculo entre la actividad del fluido de la corteza profunda, las transformaciones de fase y las fallas sísmicas.
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