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The effect of hydrous mineral content on competitive strain localization mechanisms in felsic granulites.

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Title: The effect of hydrous mineral content on competitive strain localization mechanisms in felsic granulites.
Authors: Graziani, Riccardo1 (AUTHOR) riccardo.graziani@alumni.ubc.ca, Larson, Kyle P.1 (AUTHOR) kyle.larson@ubc.ca, Soret, Mathieu1 (AUTHOR) mathieu.soret@gmail.com
Source: Journal of Structural Geology. May2020, Vol. 134, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p.
Subjects: Shear zones, Fluid control, Quartz, Mylonite, Crystal grain boundaries
Geographic Terms: Saskatchewan
Abstract: This study investigates the grain-scale mechanisms that facilitated strain localization in the lower crust within the East Athabasca Mylonite Triangle of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. There, two distinct lithotectonic units, the Upper Deck and Northwestern Domain, are juxtaposed across a km-scale shear zone that has been previously interpreted to record thrust and/or normal-sense displacement. Our study reports new quartz c- axis opening angle, Ti-in-biotite and Ti-in-quartz geothermometry and amphibole-plagioclase geothermobarometry within syn-kinematic phases indicating that both units were deformed and metamorphosed at upper amphibolite to granulite facies (~725 °C and ~0.8 GPa). While sharing similar conditions, the dominant mechanisms of deformation across the two units are strongly linked to modal proportion of syn-kinematic hydrated mineral phases. Detailed microstructural and crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) analyses reveals that specimens poor in hydrated minerals (<10%) deformed mainly by dislocation creep and dynamic recrystallization allowing it to develop a strong quartz CPO, while in specimens rich in hydrated minerals (>10%) pressure solution and (re)precipitation processes enhanced phase mixing and promoted grain boundary sliding resulting in weakly developed or absent quartz CPO. These results indicate a strong mineralogical and fluid control on deformation and, therefore, which strain softening process (es) may dominate in lower crustal shear zones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This study investigates the grain-scale mechanisms that facilitated strain localization in the lower crust within the East Athabasca Mylonite Triangle of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. There, two distinct lithotectonic units, the Upper Deck and Northwestern Domain, are juxtaposed across a km-scale shear zone that has been previously interpreted to record thrust and/or normal-sense displacement. Our study reports new quartz c- axis opening angle, Ti-in-biotite and Ti-in-quartz geothermometry and amphibole-plagioclase geothermobarometry within syn-kinematic phases indicating that both units were deformed and metamorphosed at upper amphibolite to granulite facies (~725 °C and ~0.8 GPa). While sharing similar conditions, the dominant mechanisms of deformation across the two units are strongly linked to modal proportion of syn-kinematic hydrated mineral phases. Detailed microstructural and crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) analyses reveals that specimens poor in hydrated minerals (<10%) deformed mainly by dislocation creep and dynamic recrystallization allowing it to develop a strong quartz CPO, while in specimens rich in hydrated minerals (>10%) pressure solution and (re)precipitation processes enhanced phase mixing and promoted grain boundary sliding resulting in weakly developed or absent quartz CPO. These results indicate a strong mineralogical and fluid control on deformation and, therefore, which strain softening process (es) may dominate in lower crustal shear zones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:01918141
DOI:10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104015