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Geologic Maps Predominated by Igneous Rocks

Geologic Maps Predominated by Igneous Rocks. GEOL 3000. IGNEOUS ROCK TEXTURES f (rate of cooling = crustal environment). Plutonic---Volcanic. 1 mm. Degree of Undercooling. 1 mm. Magma Creation by Partial Melting. Melting the mantle makes MAFIC Magma.

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Geologic Maps Predominated by Igneous Rocks

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  1. Geologic Maps Predominated by Igneous Rocks GEOL 3000

  2. IGNEOUS ROCK TEXTURES f(rate of cooling = crustal environment) Plutonic---Volcanic 1 mm Degree of Undercooling 1 mm

  3. Magma Creation by Partial Melting Melting the mantle makes MAFIC Magma Melting the crust makes FELSIC Magma Igneous rocks crystallize over a range of temperatures

  4. Map Attributes of Volcanic and Volcaniclastic Rocks Volcanic Rocks- crystallized from lava flows Volcaniclastic Rocks – air-fall accumulations of lava, ash and pre-existing volcanic rock ; Rock types: tuff, lahar, agglomerates) Areal distribution more limited than sedimentary units Map unit shapes controlled by gravity, landscape, volume of material erupted, explosiveness of eruption, proximity to vent, and fluidity (viscosity) of lava Tabular shapes – distal areas of volcaniclastic deposits, fluid lava flows Lensoid/Triangular/Fan/Irregular shapes – proximal areas of volcaniclastic deposits and lava flows, especially viscous lavas and low volume eruptions

  5. Massive Ash-fall Events from Caldera Collapse

  6. Ash Fall Distribution from Cascade Volcano Eruptions

  7. Tabular Lava FlowsTypical of Low Viscosity Magmas

  8. Up Indicators in Volcanic and Volcaniclastic Rocks • Pillow structures • Vesicular/Amygdaloidal upper zones • Distinctive Flow Tops • Brecciation (AA) • Billowing, ropey tops (Pahoehoe) • Oxidation • Sediment infiltration Pipe vesicles/amygdules at base • Pipe vesicles/amygdules at base • Graded bedding in volcaniclastic deposits and clastic dikes

  9. Pillowed Basalts Submarine Eruptions

  10. BASALT FLOW SURFACES AA AA Pahoehoe HAWAII Pahoehoe NORTH SHORE

  11. Other Up Indicators Pipe Amygdules Oxidized Pahoehoe surface Amygdule Cylinders

  12. Graded bedding of tuff Bedded siltstone in a clastic dike

  13. Map Attributes of Intrusive Rocks • Shape not controlled by gravity, but often by weaknesses and stresses in the crust • As such, may be discordant or locally concordant with structures in country rock • For large intrusions, will create a zone of thermal metamorphism (and local melting) in surrounding country rock • Commonly shows internal structure/zonation related to the shape of the magma chamber • Chilled margins • Layering* (phase, textural, modal, cryptic) • Igneous Foliation* (alignment of tabular minerals) • Jointing (orthogonal to the cooling surfaces or internal structure of the magma body) * These features are commonly controlled by gravity • Multiple (composite) intrusions are common because magmas are prone to reuse the same plumbing system

  14. Intrusion Shapes Generally Concordant Sill Laccolith Lopolith Phacolith Generally Disconcordant Dike Dike Swarm (co-parallel or radial) Ring Dike/Cone Sheet Volcanic Neck Sheets Stock/Boss Batholith

  15. Indicators of Style of Magma Emplacement • Shape of intrusion • Shape and distribution of Inclusions (Xenoliths) • Internal zoning and structure • Primary and secondary structures in the country rock • Large-scale structures in the intrusion (folds and faults) Emplacement Styles: Forceful – Magma forces entry by deforming and displacing the country rock Permissive – the country rock, under stress, dilates or moves apart as magma wells into the space Stoping – rising magma detaches blocks of country rock, which sinks into it Timing of Emplacement (relative to deformation): Pre-kinematic– Intrusion is deformed in the same way as the rocks it intrudes Syn-kinematic – Intrusion shape conforms to regional structures Post-kinematic – Intrusion shape is independent or cross cuts deformational fabric of country rock

  16. Intrusions of Northern Minnesota Post-Kinematic Pre/Syn-Kinematic Post-Kinematic

  17. Discriminating a Sill From a Flow ...... ......... .. ........... .... .... .. ....... .... ............ ..... .......... ........ ...... ......... .. ........... .... .... .. ....... .... ............ ..... .......... ........ • Upper amygdaloid zone • May be pillowed • May contain inclusions only of • footwall rocks • May cause weak contact • metamorphism of footwall rocks • May show zoning, but rarely • displays layering • Typically lacks amygdules • Never pillowed • May contain inclusions of • hanging wall and footwall rocks • Thermal metamorphism of hanging • wall and footwall rocks • Zoning &/or layering common, • especially in larger intrusions

  18. Mafic Layered Intrusions Skaergaard Intrusion East Greenland Bushveld Complex South Africa

  19. Fractional Crystallization-drivenMagma Differentiation

  20. Phase Layering In Mafic Layered Intrusions

  21. Duluth ComplexThe 2nd Largest Mafic Complex in the World

  22. Layered Series at Duluth

  23. Internal Structure in the DLS Modal Layering Modal Layering Igneous Foliation

  24. Lithostratigraphic Classification for Keweenawan Rocks of NE Minnesota Miller, Severson, and Green, 2002

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