Geologic and geophysical investigation of two fine-grained granites, Sierra Nevada Batholith, California: Evidence for structural controls on emplacement and volcanism

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1256-1271

  Titus, Sarah J ^a   Clark, Ryan ^a,b   Tikoff, Basil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emplacement; Shear zones; Sierra Nevada Batholith; Structural controls; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; SHEAR ZONES; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; VOLCANISM;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICS; GRANITE; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; SHEAR ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEUCOSTICTE ARCTOA;

EID: 24644488815     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25689.1     Document Type: Article

References (87)

1. Ague, J.J., and Brimhall, G.H., 1988, Magmatic arc asymmetry and distribution of anomalous plutonic belts in the batholiths of California: Effects of assimilation, crustal thickness, and depth of crystallization: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100, P. 912-927, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1988) 100<0912: MAAADO>2.3.CO;2.
2. Améglio, L., Vigneresse, J.L., and Bouchez, J.L., 1997, Granite pluton geometry and emplacement mode inferred from combined fabric and gravity data, in Bouchez, J.L., et al., eds., Granite: From segregation of melt to emplacement fabrics: Dordrecht, Kluwer, p. 199-214.
3. Bateman, P.C., 1992, Plutonism in the central part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California: Reston, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1483, 186 p.
4. Bateman, P.C., and Chappell, B.W, 1979, Crystallization, fractionation, and solidification of the Tuolumne Intrusive Series, Yosemite National Park, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 90, p. 465-482, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1979)90<465:CFASOT>2.0.CO;2.
5. Bateman, P.C., and Dodge, F.C.W., 1970, Variations of major chemical constituents across the central Sierra Nevada Batholith: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 81, p. 409-420.
6. Bateman, P.C., Kistler, W.R., Peck, D.L., and Busacca, A., 1983, Geologic map of the Tuolumne Meadows Quadrangle, Yosemite National Park, California: U.S. Geological Survey Geology Quadrangle Map GQ-1570, scale 1:62,500, 1 sheet.
7. Bellier, O., and Sébrier, M., 1994, Relationship between tectonism and volcanism along the Great Sumatran fault zone deduced by SPOT image analyses: Tectonophysics, v. 233, p. 215-231, doi: 10.1016/ 00401951(94)90242-9.
8. Borradaile, G.J., 1988, Magnetic susceptibility, petrofabrics and strain: Tectonophysics, v. 156, p. 1-20, doi: 10.1016/ 0040-1951(88)90279-X.
9. Borradaile, G.J., and Henry, B., 1997, Tectonic applications of magnetic susceptibility and its anisotropy: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 42, p. 49-93, doi: 10.1016/S00128252(96)00044-X.
10. Bouchez, J.L., 1997, Granite is never isotropic: An introduction to AMS studies of granitic rocks, in Bouchez, J.L., et al., eds., Granite: from segregation of melt to emplacement fabrics: Dordrecht, Kluwer, p. 95-112.
11. Bouchez, J.L., Bleizes, G., Djouadi, T., and Rochette, P., 1990, Microstructure and magnetic susceptibility applied to emplacement kinematics of granites; the example of the Foix pluton (French Pyrenees): Tectonophysics, v. 184, p. 157-171, doi: 10.1016/ 0040-1951(90)90051-9.
12. Bouillin, J.P., Bouchez, J.L., Lespinasse, P., and Pecher, A., 1993, Granite emplacement in an extensional setting; an AMS study of the magmatic structures of Monte Capanne (Elba, Italy): Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 118, p. 263-279, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(93)90172-6.
13. Candela, P.A., 1997, A review of shallow, ore-related granites: Textures, volatiles and ore metals: Journal of Petrology, v. 38, p. 1619-1633, doi: 10.1093/petrology/38.12.1619.
14. Castro, A., 1986, Structural pattern and ascent model in the Central Extremadura Batholith, Hercynian Belt, Spain: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 8, p. 633-645, doi: 10.1016/0191-8141(86)90069-6.
15. Chen, J.H., and Moore, J.G., 1982, Uranium-lead isotopic ages from the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 87, p. 4761-4784.
16. Clark, R., 2002, Comparison of fabrics defined by anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and shape preferred orientation, in combination with textural and compositional observations in the Johnson Granite Porphyry, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California [B.A. thesis]: Madison, University of Wisconsin, 54 p.
17. Cogne, J.P., and Perroud, H., 1988, Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as a strain gauge in the Flamanville Granite, NW France, in Ellwood, B.B., et al., eds., Symposia on magnetic fabrics: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors: Amsterdam, Elsevier, v. 51, p. 264-270.
18. Coleman, D.S., and Glazner, A.F., 1997, The Sierra Crest magmatic event: Rapid formation of juvenile crust during the Late Cretaceous in California: International Geology Review, v. 39, p. 768-787.
19. Coleman, D.S., Gray, W., and Glazner, A.F., 2004, Rethinking the emplacement and evolution of zoned plutons: Geochronologic evidence for incremental assembly of the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, California: Geology, v. 32, p. 433-436, doi: 10.1130/G20220.1.
20. Coleman, D.S., Glazner A.F., Miller, J.S., Bradford, K.J., Frost, T.P., Joye, J.L., and Bachl, C.A.,, 1995, Exposure of a Late Cretaceous layered mafic-felsic magma system in the central Sierra Nevada Batholith, California: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 120, p. 129-136.
21. Cordell, L., and Henderson, R.G., 1968, Iterative three-dimensional solution of gravity anomaly data using a digital computer: Geophysics, v. 33, p. 596-601, doi: 10.1190/1.1439955.
22. Corry, C., 1988, Laccoliths: Mechanics of emplacement and growth: Geological Society of America Special Paper 220, 110 p.
23. Crawford, M.L., Klepeis, K.A,, Gehrels, G., and Isachsen, C., 1999, Batholith emplacement at mid-crustal levels and its exhumation within an obliquely convergent margin: Tectonophysics, v. 312, p. 57-78, doi: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00170-5.
24. Cruden, A.R., Launeau, P., and Tobisch, O.T., 1993, Magnetic fabric pattern in the Dinkey Creek pluton, Sierra Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. A-366.
25. Ellwood, B.B., and Whitney, J.A., 1980, Magnetic fabric of the Elberton granite, northeast Georgia: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 85, p. 1481-1486.
26. Ferré, E.C., 2002, Theoretical models of intermediate and inverse AMS fabrics: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 29, no. 7, 1177, doi: 10.1029/2001GL014367.
27. Ferré, E., Gleizes, G., Djouadi, M.T., Bouchez, J.L., and Ugodulunwa, F.X.O., 1997, Drainage and emplacement of magmas along an inclined transcurrent shear zone: Petrophysical evidence from a granite-charnockite pluton (Raham, Nigeria), in Bouchez, J.L., et al., eds., Granite: From segregation of melt to emplacement fabrics: Dordrecht, Kluwer, p. 253-273.
28. Fiske, R.S., and Tobisch, O.T., 1978, Paleogeographic significance of volcanic rocks of the Ritter Range pendant, central Sierra Nevada, California, in Howell, D.G., and McDougall, K., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the western United States: Los Angeles, Pacific Coast Paleogeography Symposium, v. 2, p. 209-221.
29. Fiske, R.S., and Tobisch, O.T., 1994, Middle Cretaceous ash-flow tuff and caldera-collapse deposit in the Minarets Caldera, east-central Sierra Nevada, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 106, p. 582-593, doi: 10.1130/ 0016-7606(1994)106<0582:MCAFTA>2.3.CO;2.
30. Fossen, H., and Tikoff, B., 1993, The deformation matrix for simultaneous simple shearing, pure shearing and volume change, and its application to transpression-transtension tectonics, in Casey, M., et al., eds., The geometry of naturally deformed rocks: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 15, p. 413-422.
31. Fredrich, C.J., Smith, R.P., DeWitt, E., and McKee, E.H., 1991, Structural, eruptive, and intrusive evolution of the Grizzly Peak caldera, Sawatch Range, Colorado: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 103, p. 1160-1177, doi: 10.1130/ 00167606(1991)103<1160:SEAIEO>2.3.CO;2.
32. Gleizes, G., Nedelec, A., Bouchez, J.L., Autran, A., and Rochette, P., 1993, Magnetic susceptibility of the Mont-Louis Andorra ilmenite-type granite (Pyrenees); a new tool for the petrographic characterization and regional mapping of zoned granite plutons: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, p. 4317-4331.
33. Granier, T., 1985, Origin, damping, and pattern of development of faults in granite: Tectonics, v. 4, p. 721-737.
34. Greene, D.C., and Schweickert, R.A., 1995, The Gem Lake shear zone: Cretaceous dextral transpression in the northern Ritter Range pendant, eastern Sierra Nevada, California: Tectonics, v. 14, p. 945-961, doi: 10.1029/95TC01509.
35. Huber, N.K., and Rinehart, C.D., 1965, Geologic map of the Devils Postpile Quadrangle, Sierra Nevada, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Series Map I-1874, scale 1:62,500, 1 sheet.
36. Hudleston, P.J., 1989, The association of folds and veins in shear zones: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 11, p. 949-957, doi: 10.1016/ 0191-8141(89)90046-1.
37. Hutton, D.H.W., 1982, A tectonic model for the emplacement of the Main Donegal Granite, NW Ireland: Geological Society of London Journal, v. 139, p. 615-631.
38. Hutton, D.H.W., 1988, Granite emplacement mechanisms and tectonic controls: Inferences from deformation studies: Royal Society of Edinburgh Transactions, v. 79, p. 452-455.
39. Ingersoll, R.V, 1983, Petrofacies and provenance of late Mesozoic forearc basin, northern and central California: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67, p. 1125-1142.
40. Jelenik, V., 1981, Characterization of the magnetic fabric of rocks: Tectonophysics, v. 79, p. T63-T67, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(81)90110-4.
41. Kistler, R.W., and Swanson, S.E., 1981, Petrology and geochronology of metamorphosed volcanic rocks and a Middle Cretaceous volcanic neck in the east-central Sierra Nevada, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 86, p. 10,498-10,501.
42. Kistler, R.W., Chappell, B.W., Peck, D.L., and Bateman, P.C., 1986, Isotopic variation in the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite, central Sierra Nevada, California: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 94, p. 205-220, doi: 10.1007/BF00592937.
43. Launeau, P., and Robin, P.-Y.F., 1996, Fabric analysis using the intercept method: Tectonophysics, v. 267, p. 91-119, doi: 10.1016/ S0040-1951(96)00091-1.
44. Launeau, P., and Robin, P.-Y.F., 2001, Ellipsoid 2001: Freeware software: http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.ft/geol/UMR6112.
45. Linn, A.M., DePaolo, D.J., and Ingersoll, R.V, 1992, Nd-Sr isotopic, geochemical, and petrographic stratigraphy and paleotectonic, analysis: Mesozoic Great Valley forearc sedimentary rocks of California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, p. 1264-1279, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<1264:NSIGAP>2.3.CO;2.
46. Lipman, P.W., 1984, The roots of ash flow calderas in western North America; windows into the tops of granitic batholiths, in Calderas and associate igneous rocks: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 89, p. 8801-8841.
47. Lipman, P.W., and Hagstrum, J.T., 1992, Jurassic ash-flow sheets, calderas, and related intrusion of the Cordilleran volcanic arc in southeastern Arizona: Implications for regional tectonics and ore deposits: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, p. 32-39, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<0032:JAFSCA>2.3.CO;2.
48. Lipman, P.W., and Sawyer, D.A., 1985, Mesozoic ash-flow caldera fragments and their relation to porphyry copper deposits: Geology, v. 13, p. 652-656, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1985)13<652:MACFIS>2.0.CO;2.
49. Lister, G.S., and Hobbs, B.E., 1980, The simulation of fabric development during plastic deformation and its application to quartzite; the influence of deformation history: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 2, p. 355-370, doi: 10.1016/0191-8141(80)90023-1.
50. Lockwood, J.P., and Lydon, P.A., 1975, Geologic map of the Mount Abbot Quadrangle, central Sierra Nevada, California: U.S. Geological Survey Geology Quadrangle Map GQ-155, scale 1:62,500, 1 sheet.
51. Maddock, R.H., 1983, Melt origin of fault-generated pseudotachylytes demonstrated by textures: Geology, v. 11, p. 105-108, doi: 10.1130/ 0091-7613(1983)11<105:MOOFPD>2.0.CO;2.
52. McCaffrey, K.J.W., 1992, Igneous emplacement in a transpressive shear zone: Ox Mountains igneous complex: Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 149, p. 221-235.
53. McNulty, B.A., 1995a, Pseudotachylyte generated in the semi-brittle and brittle regimes, Bench Canyon shear zone, central Sierra Nevada: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 17, p. 1507-1521, doi: 10.1016/ 0191-8141(95)00052-F.
54. McNulty, B.A., 1995b, Shear zone development during magmatic arc construction: The Bench Canyon shear zone, central Sierra Nevada, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, p. 926-940, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0926:AOADFM>2.3.CO;2.
55. McNulty, B.A., and Tong, W., 1993, Sheet-like assembly of the Jackass Lakes pluton, central Sierra Nevada, California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. 304.
56. McNulty, B.A., Tobisch, O.T., Cruden, A.R., and Gilder, S., 2000, Multistage emplacement of the Mount Givens pluton, central Sierra Nevada Batholith, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, p. 119-135, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<0119:MEOTMG>2.3.CO;2.
57. Meyer, J., and Foland, K.A., 1991, Magmatic-tectonic interaction during early Rio Grande rift extension at Questa, New Mexico: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 103, p. 993-1006, doi: 10.1130/ 0016-7606(1991)103<0993:MTIDER>2.3.CO;2.
58. Morgan, S.S., Law, R.D., and Nyman, M.W., 1998, Laccolith-like emplacement model for the Papoose Flat pluton based on porphyroblast-matrix analysis: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, p.96-110, doi: 10.1130/ 0016-7606(1998)110<0096:LLEMFT>2.3.CO;2.
59. Oliver, H.W., 1977, Gravity and magnetic investigations of the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, p. 445-461, doi: 10.1130/0016-7606(1977)88<445:GAMIOT>2.0.CO;2.
60. Pallister, J.S., du Bray, E.A., Rosenbaum, J.G., Snee, L.W., and Yager, D.B., 1990, Calderas in 3-D, Chiricahua Mountains, southeast Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Special Paper 7, p. 31-40.
61. Passchier, C.W., 1997, The fabric attractor: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 19, p. 113-127, doi: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00077-6.
62. Passchier, C.W., and Trouw, R.A.J., 1996, Microtectonics: Berlin, Springer, 289 p.
63. Pe-Piper, G., Koukouvelas, I., and Piper, D.J.W., 1998, Synkinematic granite emplacement in a shear zone: The Pleasant Hills pluton, Canadian Appalachians: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, p. 523-536.
64. Peck, D.L., 1980, Geologic map of the Merced Peak Quadrangle, central Sierra Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey map GQ-1531, scale 1:62,500, 1 sheet.
65. Piccoli, P.M., and Candela, P.A., 1994, Apatite in felsic rocks; a model for the estimation of initial halogen concentrations in the Bishop Tuff (Long Valley) and Tuolumne Intrusive Suite (Sierra Nevada Batholith): American Journal of Science, v. 294, p. 92-135.
66. Plouff, D., 1977, Preliminary documentation for a FORTRAN program to compute gravity terrain corrections based on topography digitized on a geographic grid: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-0535, p. 45.
67. Reid, J.B., Murray, D.P., Hermes, O.D., and Steig, E.J., 1993, Fractional crystallization in granites of the Sierra Nevada: How important is it?: Geology, v. 21, p. 587-590, doi: 10.1130/ 0091-7613(1993)021<0587:FCIGOT>2.3.CO;2.
68. Rispoli, R., 1981, Stress fields about strike-slip faults inferred from stylolites and tension gashes: Tectonophysics, v. 75, p. T29-T36, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(81)90274-2.
69. Robbins, S.L., 1975, Principal facts, accuracies, sources, base station descriptions, and plots for 1,931 gravity stations on the Mariposa and part of the Goldfield 1 degree × 2 degrees Quadrangles, California and Nevada: Menlo Park, California Geological Survey, v. PB-241, p. 469.
70. Rochette, P., Jackson, M., and Aubourg, C., 1992, Rock magnetism and the interpretation of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility: Reviews of Geophysics, v. 30, p. 209-226.
71. Rockette, P., Aubourg, C., and Perrin, M., 1999, Is this magnetic fabric normal? A review and case studies in volcanic formations, in Benn, K., and Halls, H.C., eds., Applications of magnetic anisotropies to fabric studies of rocks and sediments: Tectonophysics, v. 307, p. 219-234.
72. Saint Blanquat, M., and Tikoff, B., 1997, Development of magmatic to solid-state fabrics during syntectonic emplacement of the Mono Creek Granite, Sierra Nevada Batholith, in Bouchez, J.L., et al., eds., Granite: From segregation of melt to emplacement fabrics: Dordrecht, Kluwer, p. 231-252.
73. Sibson, R.H., 1975, Generation of pseudotachylyte by ancient seismic faulting: Royal Astronomical Society Geophysical Journal, v. 43, p. 775-794.
74. Sieh, K., and Natawidjaja, D., 2000, Neotectonics of the Sumatran fault, Indonesia: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 105, p. 28,295-28,326, doi: 10.1029/2000JB900120.
75. Spray, J.G., 1993, Viscosity determinations of some frictionally generated silicate melts: Implications for fault zone Theology at high strain rates: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, p. 8053-8068.
76. Stern, T.W., Bateman, P.C., Morgan, B.A., Newell, M.F., and Peck, D.L., 1981, Isotopic U-Pb ages of zircon form the granitoids of the central Sierra Nevada, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1185, 17 p.
77. Tikoff, B., and Greene, D., 1997, Stretching lineations in transpressional shear zones: An example from the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 19, p. 29-39, doi: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00056-9.
78. Tikoff, B., and Saint Blanquat, M., 1997, Transpressional shearing and strike-slip partitioning in the Late Cretaceous Sierra Nevada magmatic are, California: Tectonics, v. 16, p. 442-459, doi: 10.1029/97TC00720.
79. Tikoff, B., and Teyssier, C., 1992, Crustal-scale, en echelon "P-shear" tensional bridges; a possible solution to the batholithic room problem: Geology, v. 20, p. 927-930, doi: 10.1130/ 0091-7613(1992)020<0927:CSEEPS>2.3.CO;2.
80. Tikoff, B., Davis, M.R., Teyssier, C., Saint Blanquat, M., Habert, G., and Morgan, S., 2005, Fabric studies within the Cascade Lake shear zone, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California: Tectonophysics (in press).
81. Tobisch, O.T., and Cruden, A.R., 1995, Fracture-controlled magma conduits in an obliquely convergent continental magmatic arc: Geology, v. 23, p. 941-944, doi: 10.1130/ 0091-7613(1995)023<0941:FCMCIA>2.3.CO;2.
82. Tobisch, O.T., Renne, P.R., and Saleeby, J.B., 1993, Deformation resulting from regional extension during pluton ascent and emplacement, central Sierra Nevada, California: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 15, p. 609-628, doi: 10.1016/0191-8141(93)90151-Y.
83. Tobisch, O.T., Saleeby, J.B., Renne, P.R., McNulty, B., and Tong, W, 1995, Variations in deformation fields during development of a large-volume magmatic arc, central Sierra Nevada, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, p. 148-166, doi: 10.1130/ 0016-7606(1995)107<0148:VIDFDD>2.3.CO;2.
84. Vigneresse, J.L., 1990, Use and misuse of geophysical data to determine the shape at depth of granite intrusions: Geological Journal, v. 25, p. 249-260.
85. Weaver, C.S., Grant, W.C., and Shemeta, I.E., 1987, Local crustal extension at Mount St. Helens, Washington: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 92, p. 10,170-10,178.
86. Weinberg, R.F., Hodkiewicz, P.F., and Groves, D.I., 2004, What controls gold distribution in Archean terranes?: Geology, v. 32, p. 545-548, doi: 10.1130/G20475.1.
87. Xiaohan, L., 1983, Perturbations de contraintes liees aux structures cassantes dans les calcaires fins du Languedoc: Observations et simulations mathematiques [Ph.D. thesis]: Montpellier, Académie de Montpellier, 130 p.