Planar microstructures and Dauphiné twins in shocked quartz from the Charlevoix impact structure, Canada

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 315-328

  Trepmann, Claudia A ^a   Spray, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charlevoix structure; Dauphin twinning; Electron backscatter diffraction; Orientation contrast imaging; Planar deformation features; Planar microstructures; Shock pressure estimation; Shocked quartz; quartz transition

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DEFORMATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; METEOR IMPACTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHOCK WAVES; STRESSES;

ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; ORIENTATION CONTRAST IMAGING; PLANAR DEFORMATION; PLANAR MICROSTRUCTURES; QUARTZ TRANSITION; SHOCK PRESSURE; SHOCKED QUARTZ;

QUARTZ;

BACKSCATTER; DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PRESSURE; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS FIELD; TWINNING;

CANADA; CHARLEVOIX; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 73949161017     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.315     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Ashwal, L.D., and Wooden, J.L., 1983, Isotopic evidence from the eastern Canadian Shield for a geochemical discontinuity in the Proterozoic mantle: Nature, v. 306, p. 679-680.
2. Carignan, J., Gariépy, C., and Hillaire-Marcel, C., 1997, Hydrothermal fluids during Mesozoic reactivation of the St. Lawrence rift system, Canada: C, O, Sr and Pb isotopic characterization: Chemical Geology, v. 137, p. 1-21, doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00144-1.
3. Coe, R.S., and Paterson, M.S., 1969, The α-β inversion in quartz: A coherent phase transition under nonhydrostatic stress: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 74, p. 4921-4948.
4. Dressler, B.O., Crabtree, D., and Schuraytz, B.C., 1997, Incipient melt formation and devitrification at the Wanapitei impact structure, Ontario, Canada: Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v. 32, p. 249-258.
5. Dressler, B.O., Sharpton, V.L., and Schuraytz, B.C., 1998, Shock metamorphism and shock barometry at a complex impact structure: Slate Islands, Canada: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 130, p. 275-287, doi: 10.1007/s004100050365. (Pubitemid 29085701)
6. Duyster, J., 1996, StereoNett 2.0.: University of Bochum, Shareware, http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Johannes.P.Duyster/stereo/stereoload.htm.
7. Engelhardt, W. von, and Bertsch, W., 1969, Shock induced planar deformation structures in quartz from the Ries crater, Germany: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 20, p. 204-234.
8. Frith, R.A., and Doig, R., 1973, Rb-Sr isotopic ages and petrologic studies of the rocks in the Lac Saint-Jean area, Quebec: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 10, p. 881-899.
9. th edition, Volume III, Silica Minerals: New York and London, John Wiley & Sons, inc., 334 p.
10. Goltrant, O., Cordier, P., and Doukhan, J.-C., 1991, Planar deformation features in shocked quartz; a transmission electron microscopy investigation: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 106, p. 103-115, doi: 10.1016/ 0012-821X(91)90066-Q.
11. Goltrant, O., Doukhan, J.-C., Cordier, P., and Courtillot, V., 1992a, An investigation by transmission electron microscopy of planar deformation features in naturally shocked quartz: Terra Nova, v. 4, p. 405-412.
12. Goltrant, O., Leroux, H., Doukhan, J.-C., and Cordier, P., 1992b, Formation mechanisms of planar deformation features in naturally shocked quartz: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v. 74, p. 219-240, doi: 10.1016/0031-9201(92)90012-K.
13. Gratz, A.J., Tyburczy, J., Christie, J., Ahrens, T., and Pongratz, P., 1988, Shock metamorphism of deformed quartz: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, v. 16, p. 221-233, doi: 10.1007/BF00220689.
14. Gratz, A.J., Nellis, W.J., Christie, J.M., Brocious, W., Swegle, J., and Cordier, P., 1992, Shock metamorphism of quartz with initial temperatures -170 to ±1000°C: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, v. 19, p. 267-288, doi: 10.1007/BF00204005.
15. Grieve, R.A.F., and Robertson, P.B., 1976, Variations in shock deformation at the Slate Island impact structure, Lake Superior, Canada: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 58, p. 37-49.
16. Grieve, R.A.F., Langenhorst, F., and Stöffler, D., 1996, Shock metamorphism of quartz in nature and experiment: II. Significance in geoscience: Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v. 31, p. 6-35.
17. Heaney, P.J., and Veblen, D.R., 1991, Observation and kinetic analysis of a memory effect at the α-β quartz transition: American Mineralogist, v. 76, p. 1459-1466.
18. Hodges, K.V., 1991, Pressure-temperature-time paths: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science, v. 19, p. 207-236, doi: 10.1146/annurev.ea.19.05 0191.001231.
19. Hörz, F., 1968, Statistical measurements of deformation structures and refractive indices in experimentally shock-loaded quartz, in French, B.M., and Short, N.M., eds., Shock metamorphism of natural materials: Baltimore, Mono Book Corp., p. 243-254.
20. Huffman, A.R., and Reimold, W.U., 1996, Experimental constraints on shockinduced microstructures in naturally deformed silicates: Tectonophysics, v. 256, p. 165-217, doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00162-X.
21. Huffman, A.R., Brown, J.M., Carter, N., and Reimold, W.U., 1993, The microstructural response of quartz and feldspar under shock loading at variable temperatures: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, p. 22,171-22,197.
22. Kieffer, S.W., 1971, Shock metamorphism of the Coconino sandstone of Meteor crater, Arizona: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 76, p. 5449-5473.
23. Kumarapeli, P.S., 1985, Vestiges of Iapetan rifting in the craton west of the northern Appalachians: Geoscience Canada, v. 12, p. 54-59.
24. Langenhorst, F., 1994, Shock experiments on pre-heated α- and β-quartz: II. X-ray and TEM investigations: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 128, p. 683-698, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(94)90179-1.
25. Langenhorst, F., 2002, Shock metamorphism of minerals from a microstructural point of view: Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, v. 77, p. 265-282.
26. Langenhorst, F., and Deutsch, A., 1994, Shock experiments on pre-heated α- and β-quartz: 1. Optical and density data: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 125, p. 407-420, doi: 10.1016/0012-821X(94)90229-1.
27. Langenhorst, F., Deutsch, A., Stöffler, D., and Hornemann, U., 1992, Effect of temperature on shock metamorphism of single crystal quartz: Nature, v. 356, p. 507-509, doi: 10.1038/356507a0.
28. Lemieux, Y., Tremblay, A., and Lavoie, D., 2003, Structural analysis of supracrustal faults in the Charlevoix area, Quebec: relation to impact cratering and the St-Laurent fault system: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 40, p. 221-235, doi: 10.1139/e02-046. (Pubitemid 36639797)
29. Leroux, H., and Doukhan, J.-C., 1996, A transmission electron microscope study of shocked quartz from the Manson impact structure, in Koeberl, C., and Anderson, R.R., eds., The Manson Impact Structure, Iowa: Anatomy of an Impact Crater: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 302, p. 267-274.
30. Lloyd, G.E., 2000, Grain boundary contact effects during faulting of quartzite: an SEM/EBSD analysis: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 22, p. 1675- 1693, doi: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00069-9.
31. Markgraaff, J., 1986, Elastic behavior of quartz during stress-induced Dauphiné twinning: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, v. 13, p. 102-112, doi: 10.1007/BF00311900.
32. McLaren, A.C., Retchford, R.J.A., Griggs, D.T., and Christie, J.M., 1967, TEM study of Brazil twins and dislocations experimentally produced in natural quartz: Physica Status Solidi, v. 19, p. 631-644.
33. Melosh, H.J., 1989, Impact Cratering: A Geologic Process: New York, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 245 p.
34. Neale, E.R.W., Beland, J., Potter, R.R., and Poole, W.H., 1961, A preliminary tectonic map of the Canadian Appalachian region based on age of folding: Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin, v. 54, p. 687-694.
35. Pagel, M., and Poty, B., 1975, Fluid inclusion studies in rocks of the Charlevoix Structure (Quebec, Canada): Fortschritte der Mineralogie, Special Issue, I.M.A. Ninth general meeting, v. 52, p. 479-489.
36. Robertson, P.B., 1968, La Malbaie Structure, Québec-A Paleozoic meteorite impact site: Meteoritics, v. 4, p. 1-24.
37. Robertson, P.B., 1975, Zones of shock metamorphism at the Charlevoix impact structure, Québec: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 86, p. 1630-1638.
38. Robertson, P.B., and Grieve, R.A.F., 1977, Shock attenuation at terrestrial impact structures, in Roddy, D.J., Pepin, R.O., and Merrill, R.B., eds., Impact and Explosion Cratering: New York, Pergamon Press, p. 687-702.
39. Rondot, J., 1971, Impactite of the Charlevoix structure, Québec, Canada: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 76, p. 5414-5423.
40. Rondot, J., 1989, Géologie de Charlevoix: Quebec, Canada, Ministère Énergie et Ressources, MB 89-21.
41. Roy, D.W., 1979, Origin and evolution of the Charlevoix cryptoexplosion structure [Ph.D. thesis]: Princeton, Princeton University, 190 p.
42. Stöffler, D., and Langenhorst, F., 1994, Shock metamorphism of quartz in nature and experiment: I. Basic observation and theory: Meteoritics, v. 29, p. 155-181.
43. Tremblay, A., and Lemieux, Y., 2001, Supracrustal faults of the St. Lawrence rift system between Cap-Tourmente and Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec: Current Research, part D: Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 01-D15, 19 p.
44. Tullis, J., 1970, Quartz: Preferred orientation in rocks produced by Dauphiné twinning: Science, v. 168, p. 1342-1344.
45. Tullis, J., and Tullis, T., 1972, Preferred orientation of quartz produced by mechanical Dauphiné twinning: Thermodynamics and axial experiments, in Heard, H.C., Borg, I.Y., Carter, N.C., and Raleigh, C.B., eds., Flow and Fracture of rocks: American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph, v. 16, p. 55-66.
46. Walzebuck, J.P., and Engelhardt, W. von, 1979, Shock deformation of quartz influenced by grain size and shock direction: observations on quartz-plagioclase rocks from the basement of the Ries Crater, Germany: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 70, p. 267-271.
47. Wanless, R.K., and London, J.A., 1961, Isotopic age measurements on coeval minerals and mineral pairs: Geological Survey of Canada, v. 61-17, 127 p.
48. Whitehead, J., Spray, J.G., and Grieve, R.A.F., 2002, Origin of "toasted" quartz in terrestrial impact structures: Geology, v. 30, p. 431-434, doi: 10.1130/ 0091-7613(2002)0302.0.CO;2.
49. Whitehead, J., Kelley, S., Sherlock, S.C., Grieve, R.A.F., Spray, J.G., and Trepmann, C.A., 2003, Structural and geochronologic constraints on the timing of the Charlevoix impact, Quebec, Canada: Nördlingen, 3rd International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts, abstract no. 4084.