Static recrystallization of vein quartz pebbles in a high-pressure - low-temperature metamorphic conglomerate

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-215

  Trepmann, Claudia ^a   Lenze, Annette ^a   Stöckhert, Bernhard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Quartz; Recovery; Static recrystallization; Strain induced grain boundary migration

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; DRIVING FORCES; FLUID CONTENT; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID INCLUSIONS; HIGH ANGLE GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICRO FABRIC; QUARTZ MICROSTRUCTURE; QUARTZ VEIN; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; SMALL-CRYSTALLINE; SOURCE ROCKS; STATIC RECOVERY; STATIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; STRAIN-INDUCED GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SUBGRAINS;

CREEP; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DISSOLUTION; FLUIDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

QUARTZ;

CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; DISSOLUTION; FLUID INCLUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PEBBLE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SOURCE ROCK; STRAIN; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 75449112803     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

References (85)

1. Atkinson H.V. Theories of normal grain growth in pure single phase systems. Acta Metallurgica 36 (1988) 469-491
2. Bachmann R., Glodny J., Oncken O., and Seifert W. Abandonment of the South Penninic-Austroalpine palaeosubduction zone, Central Alps, and shift from subduction erosion to accretion; constraints from Rb/Sr geochronology. Journal of the Geological Society of London 166 (2009) 217-231
3. Bestmann M., Piazolo S., Spiers C.J., and Prior D.J. Microstructural evolution during initial stages of static recovery and recrystallization: new insights from in-situ heating experiments combined with electron backscatter diffraction analysis. Journal of Structural Geology 27 (2005) 447-457
4. Biino G.G., and Compagnoni R. Very-high pressure metamorphism of the Brossasco coronite metagranite, southern Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 72 (1992) 347-363
5. Birtel S., and Stöckhert B. Quartz veins record earthquake-related brittle failure and short term ductile flow in the deep crust. Tectonophysics 457 (2008) 53-63
6. Brady J.B., Markley M.J., Schumacher J.C., Cheney J.T., and Bianiardi G.A. Aragonite pseudomorphs in high-pressure marbles of Syros, Greece. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (2004) 3-9
7. Brix M.R., Stöckhert B., Seidel E., Theye T., Thomson S.N., and Küster M. Thermobarometric data from a fossil zircon partial annealing zone in high pressure - low temperature rocks of eastern Crete, Greece. Tectonophysics 349 (2002) 309-326
8. Buntebarth G., and Voll G. Quartz grain coarsening by collective crystallization in contact quartzites. In: Voll G., Töpel J., Patterson D.R.M., and Seifert F. (Eds). Equilibrium and Kinetics in Contact Metamorphism. The Ballachulish Igneous Complex and its Aureole (1991), Springer Verlag 251-265
9. Chatzaras V., Xypolias P., and Doutsos T. Exhumation of high-pressure rocks under continuous compression: a working hypothesis for the southern Hellenides (central Crete, Greece). Geological Magazine 143 (2006) 859-876
10. Cotterill P., and Mould P.R. Recrystallization and Grain Growth in Metals (1976), Surrey University Press, London 409 pp.
11. Drury M.R., and Urai J.L. Deformation-related recrystallization processes. Tectonophysics 172 (1990) 235-253
12. Durney D.W., and Ramsay J.G. Incremental stains measured by syntectonic crystal growths. In: DeJong K.A., and Scholten R. (Eds). Gravity and Tectonics (1973), John Wiley, New York 67-95
13. Epting M., Kudrass H.-R., Leppig U., and Schäfer A. Geologie der Talea Ori/Kreta. Neues Jahrbuch der Geologie und Paläontologie 141 (1972) 259-285
14. Evans B., Renner J., and Hirth G. A few remarks on the kinetics of static grain growth in rocks. International Journal of Earth Sciences 90 (2001) 88-103
15. Fassoulas C., Kilias A., and Mountraks D. Postnappe stacking extension and exhumation of high-pressure/low-temperature rocks in the island of Crete, Greece. Tectonics 13 (1994) 127-138
16. FitzGerald J.D., Etheridge M.A., and Vernon R.H. Dynamic recrystallization in a naturally deformed albite. Textures and Microstructures 5 (1983) 219-237
17. Gerya T.V., and Stöckhert B. 2-D numerical modeling of tectonic and metamorphic histories at active continental margins. International Journal of Earth Sciences 95 (2006) 250-274
18. Gerya T.V., Stöckhert B., and Perchuk A.L. Exhumation rates of high-pressure metamorphic rocks in a subduction channel: a numerical simulation. Tectonics 21 (2002) 1056 10.1029/2002TC001406
19. Guillopé M., and Poirier J.P. Dynamic recrystallization during creep of single crystalline halite: an experimental study. Journal of Geophysical Research 84 (1979) 5557-5567
20. Haessner F., and Hofmann S. Migration of high angle grain boundaries. In: Haessner F. (Ed). Recrystallization of Metallic Materials (1978), Riederer, Stuttgart 63-95
21. Hall R., and Audley-Charles M.G. The structure and regional significance of the Talea Ori, Crete. Journal of Structural Geology 5 (1983) 167-179
22. Heilbronner R., and Tullis J. The effect of static annealing on microstructures and crystallographic preferred orientations of quartzites experimentally deformed in axial compression and shear. In: de Meer S., Drury M.R., de Bresser J.H.P., and Pennock G.M. (Eds). Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Geological Society vol. 200 (2002), Special Publications, London 191-218
23. Hobbs B.E. Recrystallisation of single crystals of quartz. Tectonophysics 6 (1968) 353-401
24. Humphreys F.J., and Hatherly M. Recrystallization and Related Annealing Phenomena. second ed. (2004), Pergamon, Oxford
25. Jessell M.W. Grain boundary migration and fabric development in experimentally deformed octachloropropane. Journal of Structural Geology 8 (1986) 527-542
26. Jessell M.W., Kostenko O., and Jamtveit B. The preservation potential of microstructures during static grain growth. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 21 (2003) 481-491
27. Jolivet L., Goffé B., Monié P., Truffert-Luxey C., Patriat M., and Bonneau M. Miocene detachment in Crete and exhumation P-T-t paths of high-pressure metamorphic rocks. Tectonics 15 (1996) 1129-1153
28. Karato S.-I. Deformation of Earth Materials (2008), University Press, Cambridge pp. 463
29. Kilias A., Fassoulas C., and Mountrakis D. Tertiary extension of continental crust and uplift of Psiloritis metamorphic core complex in the central part of the Hellenic Arc (Crete, Greece). Geologische Rundschau 83 (1994) 417-430
30. Knipe R.J. Deformation mechanisms m recognition from natural tectonites. Journal of Structural Geology 11 (1989) 127-146
31. König H., and Kuss S.E. Neue Daten zur Biostratigraphie des permotriadischen Autochthons der Insel Kreta (Griechenland). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Monatshefte 1980 (1980) 525-540
32. Krahl J., Richter D., Förster O., Kozur H., and Hall R. Zur Stellung der Talea Ori im Bau des kretischen Deckenstapels (Griechenland). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 139 (1988) 191-227
33. Küster M., and Stöckhert B. Density changes of fluid inclusions in high-pressure low-temperature metamorphic rocks from Crete: a thermobarometric approach based on the creep strength of the host minerals. Lithos 41 (1997) 151-167
34. Lenze A., and Stöckhert B. Microfabrics of UHP metamorphic granites in the Dora Maira Massif, western Alps - no evidence of deformation at great depth. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 25 (2007) 461-475
35. Lenze A., and Stöckhert B. Microfabrics of quartz formed from coesite (Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps). European Journal of Mineralogy 20 (2008) 811-826
36. Mancktelow N.S., and Pennacchioni G. The influence of grain boundary fluids on the microstructure of quartz-feldspar mylonites. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (2004) 47-69
37. Masuda T., Morikawa T., Nakayama Y., and Suzuki S. Grain-boundary migration of quartz during annealing experiments at high temperatures and pressures, with implications for metamorphic geology. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 15 (1997) 311-322
38. Nicolas A., and Poirier J.P. Crystalline Plasticity and Solid State Flow in Metamorphic Rocks (1976), John Wiley & Sons, New York
39. Nüchter J.A., and Stöckhert B. Coupled stress and pore fluid pressure changes in the middle crust - the vein record of coseismic loading and postseismic stress relaxation. Tectonics 27 (2008) TC1007 10.1029/2007TC002180
40. Otani M., and Wallis S. Quartz lattice preferred orientation patterns and static recrystallization: natural examples from the Ryoke belt. Japan. Geology 34 (2006) 561-564
41. Passchier C.W., and Trouw R.A.J. Microtectonics. second ed. (2005), Springer Verlag, Berlin
42. Petrishcheva E., and Renner J. Two-dimensional analysis of pore drag and drop. Acta Materialia 53 (2005) 2793-2803
43. Piazolo S., Prior D.J., and Holness M.D. The use of combined cathodoluminescence and EBSD analysis: a case study investigating grain boundary migration mechanisms in quartz. Journal of Microscopy 217 (2005) 152-161
44. Piazolo S., Bestmann M., Prior D.J., and Spiers C.J. Temperature dependent grain boundary migration in deformed-then-annealed material: observations from experimentally deformed synthetic rocksalt. Tectonophysics 427 (2006) 55-71
45. Platt J.P. Dynamics of orogenic wedges and the uplift of high-pressure metamorphic rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin 97 (1986) 1037-1053
46. Platt J.P. Exhumation of high-pressure rocks: a review of concepts and processes. Terra Nova 5 (1993) 119-133
47. Poirier J.-P. Creep of Crystals - High Temperature Deformation Processes in Metals, Ceramics and Minerals (1985), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
48. Poirier J.P., and Guillopé M. Deformation-induced recrystallisation of minerals. Bulletin de Minéralogie 102 (1979) 67-74
49. Rahl J.M., Anderson K.M., Brandon M.T., and Fassoulas C. Raman spectroscopic carbonaceous material thermometry of low-grade metamorphic rocks: calibration and application to tectonic exhumation in Crete, Greece. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240 (2005) 339-354
50. Ree J.-H., and Park Y. Static recovery and recrystallization microstructures in sheared octachloropropane. Journal of Structural Geology 19 (1997) 1521-1526
51. Renner J., Stöckhert B., Zerbian A., Röller K., and Rummel F. An experimental study into the rheology of synthetic polycrystalline coesite aggregates. Journal of Geophysical Research 106 (2001) 19,411-19,429
52. Richter D., and Kopp K.O. Zur Tektonik der untersten geologischen Stockwerke auf Kreta. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Monatshefte 1983 (1983) 27-46
53. Ring U., Brandon M.T., Willett S.D., and Lister G.S. Exhumation processes. In: Ring U., Brandon M.T., Willett S.D., Lister G.S., and Willet S.D. (Eds). Exhumation Processes: Normal Faulting, Ductile Flow and Erosion. Geological Society vol. 154 (1999), Special Publication, London 1-27
54. Rutter E.H. The kinetics of rock deformation by pressure solution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A 283 (1976) 203-219
55. Schenk O., and Urai J.L. Microstructural evolution and grain boundary structure during static recrystallization in synthetic polycrystals of sodium chloride containing saturated brine. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 146 (2004) 671-682
56. Schenk O., and Urai J.L. The migration of fluid-filled grain boundaries in recrystallizing synthetic bischofite: first results of in-situ high-pressure, high-temperature deformation experiments in transmitted light. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 23 (2005) 695-709
57. Schenk O., Urai J.L., and Piazolo S. Structure of grain boundaries in wet, synthetic polycrystalline, statically recrystallizing halite - evidence from cryo-SEM observations. Geofluids 6 (2006) 93-104
58. Schertel H.-P., Schreyer W., and Chopin C. The pyrope-coesite rocks and their country rocks at Parigi, Dora Maira Massif, Western Alps: detailed petrography, mineral chemistry and PT-path. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 108 (1991) 1-21
59. Schwarz S., and Stöckhert B. Pressure solution in siliciclastic HP-LT metamorphic rocks - constraints on the state of stress in deep levels of accretionary complexes. Tectonophysics 255 (1996) 203-209
60. Seidel E., Kreuer H., and Wilhelm H. A late oligocene/early micocene high pressure belt in the external Hellenides. Geologisches Jahrbuch E32 (1982) 165-206
61. Seidel M., Seidel E., and Stöckhert B. Tectono-sedimentary evolution of lower to middle Miocene half-graben basins related to an extensional detachment fault (western Crete, Greece). Terra Nova 19 (2007) 39-47
62. Stipp M., and Kunze K. Dynamic recrystallization near the brittle-plastic transition in naturally and experimentally deformed quartz aggregates. Tectonophysics 448 (2008) 77-97
63. Stipp M., Stünitz H., Heilbronner R., and Schmid S.M. The eastern Tonale fault zone: a "natural laboratory" for crystal plastic deformation of quartz over a temperature range from 250 ° to 700 °C. Journal of Structural Geology 24 (2002) 1861-1884
64. Stöckhert B. Stress and deformation in subduction zones: insight from the record of exhumed metamorphic rocks. In: De Meer D., Drury M.R., De Bresser J.H.P., and Pennock G.M. (Eds). Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Geological Society of London (2002), Special Publication, London 255-274
65. Stöckhert B., and Duyster J. Discontinuous grain growth in recrystallised vein quartz - implications for grain boundary structure, grain boundary mobility, crystallographic preferred orientation, and stress history. Journal of Structural Geology 21 (1999) 1477-1490
66. Stöckhert B., Wachmann M., Küster M., and Bimmermann S. Low effective viscosity during high pressure metamorphism due to dissolution precipitation creep: the record of HP-LT metamorphic carbonates and siliciclastic rocks from Crete. Tectonophysics 303 (1999) 299-319
67. Theye, T., 1988. Aufsteigende Hochdruckmetamorphose in Sedimenten der Phyllit-Quarzit-Einheit Kretas und des Peleponnes. Dissertation, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig.
68. Theye T., and Seidel E. Petrology of low-grade high-pressure metapelites from the External Hellenides (Crete, Peleponnese). A case study with attention to sodic minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy 3 (1991) 343-366
69. Theye T., Seidel E., and Vidal O. Carpholite, sudoite, and chloritoid in low-grade high-pressure metapelites from Crete and the Peleponnese, Greece. European Journal of Mineralogy 4 (1992) 487-507
70. Thomson S.N., Stöckhert B., and Brix M.R. Thermochronology of the high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece: implications for the speed of tectonic processes. Geology 26 (1998) 259-262
71. Thomson S.N., Stöckhert B., and Brix M.R. Miocene high-pressure metamorphic rocks of Crete, Greece: rapid exhumation by buoyant escape. In: Ring U., Brandon M.T., Lister G.S., and Willett S.D. (Eds). Exhumation Processes: Normal Faulting, Ductile Flow and Erosion. Geological Society vol. 154 (1999), Special Publications, London 87-107
72. Trepmann C., and Stöckhert B. Quartz microstructures developed during non-steady state plastic flow at rapidly decaying stress and strain rate. Journal of Structural Geology 25 (2003) 2035-2051
73. Trepmann C., Stöckhert B., Dorner D., Hamidzadeh Moghadam R., Küster M., and Röller K. Simulating coseismic deformation of quartz in the middle crust and fabric evolution during postseismic stress relaxation - an experimental study. Tectonophysics 442 (2007) 83-104
74. Urai J.L. Water assisted dynamic recrystallization and weakening in polycrystalline bischofite. Tectonophysics 96 (1983) 125-157
75. Urai J.L. Water-enhanced dynamic recrystallization and solution transfer in experimentally deformed carnallite. Tectonophysics 120 (1985) 285-317
76. Urai J.L. Development of microstructure during deformation of carnallite and bischofite in transmitted light. Tectonophysics 135 (1987) 251-263
77. Urai J.L., Means W.D., and Lister G.S. Dynamic recrystallization of minerals. Geophysical Monograph 36 (1986) 161-199
78. Vernon R.H. Optical microstructure of partly recrystallized calcite in some naturally deformed marbles. Tectonophysics 78 (1981) 601-612
79. Watson E.B., and Brenan J.M. Fluids in the lithosphere, 1. Experimentally-determined wetting characteristics of CO2-H2O fluids and their implication for fluid transport, host-rock physical properties, and fluid inclusion formation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 85 (1987) 497-515
80. White S. Geological significance of recovery and recrystallization processes in quartz. Tectonophysics 39 (1977) 143-170
81. White J.C. Quartz deformation and the recognition of recrystallization regimes in the Flinton Group conlomerates, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19 (1982) 81-93
82. White J.C., and Mawer C.K. Dynamic recrystallization and associated exsolution in perthites: evidence of deep crustal thrusting. Journal of Geophysical Research 93 (1988) 325-337
83. White J.C., and White S.H. On the structure of grain boundaries in tectonites. Tectonophysics 78 (1981) 613-628
84. Wirth R. The influence of the low high quartz transformation on recrystallization and grain growth during contact-metamorphism (Traversella intrusion, north Italy). Tectonophysics 120 (1985) 107-117
85. Wirth R. Focused Ion Beam (FIB): a novel technology for advanced application of micro- and nanoanalysis in geosciences and applied mineralogy. European Journal of Mineralogy 16 (2004) 863-876