| Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004) | |
| Paper No. 72-4 | |
| Presentation Time: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM | ||
THE ROLE OF GRANITE IN ASSEMBLING THE CRUST OF EASTERN COASTAL MAINE | ||
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HOGAN, John P. and MATARAGIO, James P., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, 125 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, jhogan@umr.edu Geochemical and isotopic investigation of Siluro-Devonian granitoids along a transect crossing Medial New England Terrane (MNET) and Composite Avalon Terrane (CAT), are used to 1) characterize source regions of granitoids with respect to proposed terrane boundaries; 2) determine temporal changes in source materials during terrane accretion; and 3) constrain the mode of terrane accretion. CAT granites are compositionally diverse and include peralkaline, metaluminous, and peraluminous granites. MNET granites are weakly to strongly peraluminous. Both suites form stocks to small discrete batholiths, and are dominantly granite rather than tonalite. Compositional diversity of CAT compared to MNET granites implies a wider variety of source materials for the former and limited sources for the later. Silurian and Devonian CAT and MNET granitoids show decreasing concentrations and overlapping fields of Fe2O3, MgO, TiO2, K2O, Al2O3, Zr, Sr, Ba and Ga with increasing SiO2. Granitoids from both terranes plot on the ferroan field of Frost et al (2001). This markedly contrasts with the magnesian granite field associated with a subduction environment. Trace element discrimination diagrams (Pearce et al., 1984) indicate mixed tectonic settings for these granites and in isolation indicate a subduction component is present. MNET-Silurian and Devonian granites plot in the volcanic arc field. CAT Silurian and Devonian granites overlap between within plate, syn-collision and volcanic arc fields. Nd-Sr isotopic characteristics of Devonian and Silurian granites also indicate their derivation from heterogeneous crustal sources, with variable mantle contributions, and an absence(?) of the Silurian granite source regions during the Devonian melting event (see Mataragio et al., this session). Characteristics of these granites are atypical of felsic rocks associated with subduction zone magmatism, suggesting that trace element signatures are inherited from the source materials of the granites. | ||
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Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004)
General Information for this Meeting | ||
| Session No. 72--Booth# 70 Peri-Gondwanan Terranes of the Appalachians (Posters) Hilton McLean Tysons Corner: Ballrooms A and B 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Saturday, March 27, 2004 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 156 | ||
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