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Gneiss-charnockite transformation at kottavattam, southern kerala (india)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Spiering, B. Srikantappa, C. Staehle, H. J. Klatt, E. Raith, M. |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | At Kottavattam, leucocratic granitic garnet-biotite gneisses (age less than 2 Ga) were partially transformed to coarse-grained charnockite along a system of conjugate fractures (N70E and N20W) and the foliation planes (N60 to 80W; dip 80 to 90 SW) about 550 m.y. ago. To examine and quantify changes in fabric, mineralogy, pore fluids and chemical composition associated with this process, large rock specimens showing gneiss-charnockite transition were studied in detail. The results of the present study corroborate the concept that charnockite formation at Kottavattam is an internally-generated phenomenon and was not triggered by the influx of carbonic fluids from a deep-seated source. It is suggested that charnockitization was caused by the following mechanism: (1) near-isothermal decompression during uplift of the gneiss complex led to an increase of the pore fluid pressure (P sub fluid greater than P sub lith) which - in a regime of anisotropic stress - triggered or at least promoted the development of conjugate fractures; (2) the simultaneous release of pore fluids from bursting fluid inclusions and their escape into the developing fracture system resulted in a drop of fluid pressure; and (3) the internal generation and buffering of the fluids and their, probably, limited migration in an entirely granitic rock system explains the absence of any significant metasomatic mass transfer. |
| File Size | 149001 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890012869 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0ms8mm6r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Grain Size Conjugates Migration Mineralogy Pressure Reduction Inclusions Dehydration Mass Transfer Gneiss Fluid Pressure India Petrology Fractures Materials Biotite Anisotropy Chemical Composition Metamorphism Geology Coarseness Fracturing Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
