The tectonic relationship of two Early Proterozoic dyke swarms to the Kapuskasing Structural Zone: a paleomagnetic and petrographic study

1990 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Halls ◽  
H. C. Palmer

A tea-coloured cloudiness in groundmass feldspars characterizes dykes of two Early Proterozoic swarms (2.45 Ga Matachewan; 2.04 Ga Kapuskasing) that intrude amphibolite to granulite host rocks within the Kapuskasing Structural Zone (KSZ) of northern Ontario. Outside the KSZ the dykes occur in lower-grade terranes and contain unclouded feldspars. Matachewan dykes within the KSZ are also fresh, contain an aluminous, blue–green amphibole, have fewer plagioclase phenocrysts, and on average are thinner compared with their counterparts outside, which are more hydrously altered, contain a green, fibrous amphibole, and are locally abundant in felspar phenocrysts.Within the Matachewan swarm, magnetic polarity domains — areas of dominantly normal or reversed magnetization — have been identified; the boundaries of these domains correspond closely to major faults. Two of these faults form the boundaries of the KSZ and separate normal dykes within from dominantly reversed ones outside.The foregoing petrological and paleomagnetic observations are related to differential vertical crustal movements that have raised younger, normal-polarity Matachewan dykes (as exemplified by those within the KSZ) from a deeper crustal level and juxtaposed them against older, reversely magnetized dykes that were intruded at shallower crustal levels.Paleomagnetic baked-contact tests on Kapuskasing dykes suggest that they were intruded both before and after the main period of crustal uplift and tilting along the KSZ and that dykes within 4 km of the southeastern boundary fault were raised from depths where temperatures exceeded 580 °C, the Curie-point isotherm for magnetite.


2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1321-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
David TA Symons ◽  
Philippe Erdmer ◽  
Phil JA McCausland

Eocene posttectonic plutons of the Beaver River alkalic complex in southeastern Yukon intruded Devonian–Mississippian and Triassic sandstones in the Foothills of the Canadian Cordillera. A paleomagnetic collection of 27 sites from three separate plutons produced 326 specimens that were analyzed using alternating field and thermal step demagnetization methods. The A component characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) resides in magnetite with normal polarity in the 42.6 ± 0.8 Ma Beaver River pluton, reversed polarity in the 42.1 ± 0.7 Ma Larson Creek East pluton, and both polarities in the 41.3 ± 0.4 Ma Larson Creek West pluton, corresponding with magnetic polarity chrons 20n, 19r, and the boundary between chron 19r and 18n, respectively. The ChRMs of the plutons are indistinguishable (2σ) with a mean for the 42.0 ± 0.5 Ma complex of D = 158.8°, I = –73.1° (N = 21 sites, α95 = 3.0°, k = 116.8). A positive paleomagnetic contact test shows the A component to be primary, and the poorly isolated B component suggests the host rocks for Larson Creek West are Early to Middle Devonian. The paleopole for the Beaver River complex at 79.2°N, 145.8°E (N = 21, dp = 4.8°, dm = 5.4°; Q = 7) is concordant with interpolated 42 Ma reference poles for the North American craton. In contrast, paleopoles from the accreted Intermontane and eastern Coast Belt terranes record clockwise rotations of 24° ± 10° (Eocene) and 13° ± 5° (Oligocene–Pliocene), indicating that the allochthonous Intermontane terranes have been progressively driven ~240 ± 120 km eastwards up and over pericratonic and cratonic North American lower crust by Pacific plate subduction since the mid-Eocene.



1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 1182-1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Halls ◽  
H. C. Palmer ◽  
M. P. Bates ◽  
Wm. C. Phinney

Petrochemical, paleomagnetic, and structural studies on Early Proterozoic dyke swarms show that the rocks of the Kapuskasing structural zone (KSZ), central Superior Province, were upthrust about 10–15 km along the Ivanhoe Lake fault after intrusion of 2.04 Ga Kapuskasing dykes. This uplift was part of a more widespread deformation in flanking terranes that involved sinistral motion along north–north-northwest-trending faults, dextral displacement along east-northeast–northeast-trending faults, and a distortion of the 2.45 Ga Matachewan swarm to the west and northwest of the Ivanhoe Lake fault. The most spectacular demonstration that the KSZ is largely a product of Proterozoic deformation is that Matachewan dykes change their magnetic polarity on crossing the zone, a consequence of remanence acquisition at deep crustal levels being delayed until after a reversal of the earth's magnetic field and prior to uplift of the dykes.Matachewan and Kapuskasing dykes within the amphibolite- to granulite-grade rocks of the KSZ are relatively fresh and contain a high-alumina green amphibole and feldspar laths that exhibit tea-coloured clouding due to the presence of submicroscopic inclusions of magnetite. These features may be diagnostic of crystallization at deeper crustal levels because they are found in regions where Rb–Sr biotite ages from tonalites suggest broad-scale uplift of the crust after about 2 Ga. About 50 km west of the KSZ, dykes exhibiting clouded feldspar and high-alumina amphiboles occur on the upthrown side of the Budd Lake fault zone, which has a trend similar to that of the Ivanhoe Lake fault. Therefore a second thrust block may exist, raising the possibility that the KSZ represents the basal member of a series of imbricate thrust slices that extends westwards from the Ivanhoe Lake fault. Radiometric age data suggest that the region affected by this Early Proterozoic deformation continues to the northwest for a further 300 km.



Author(s):  
Kathleen B. Reuter

The reaction rate and efficiency of piperazine to 1,4-diazabicyclo-octane (DABCO) depends on the Si/Al ratio of the MFI topology catalysts. The Al was shown to be the active site, however, in the Si/Al range of 30-200 the reaction rate increases as the Si/Al ratio increases. The objective of this work was to determine the location and concentration of Al to explain this inverse relationship of Al content with reaction rate.Two silicalite catalysts in the form of 1/16 inch SiO2/Al2O3 bonded extrudates were examined: catalyst A with a Si/Al of 83; and catalyst B, the acid/phosphate Al extracted form of catalyst A, with a Si/Al of 175. Five extrudates from each catalyst were fractured in the transverse direction and particles were obtained from the fracture surfaces near the center of the extrudate diameter. Particles were also obtained from the outside surfaces of five extrudates.



Author(s):  
Mikael Vasilopoulos ◽  
Ferenc Molnár ◽  
Hugh O’Brien ◽  
Yann Lahaye ◽  
Marie Lefèbvre ◽  
...  

AbstractThe Juomasuo Au–Co deposit, currently classified as an orogenic gold deposit with atypical metal association, is located in the Paleoproterozoic Kuusamo belt in northeastern Finland. The volcano-sedimentary sequence that hosts the deposit was intensely altered, deformed, and metamorphosed to greenschist facies during the 1.93–1.76 Ga Svecofennian orogeny. In this study, we investigate the temporal relationship between Co and Au deposition and the relationship of metal enrichment with protolith composition and alteration mineralogy by utilizing lithogeochemical data and petrographic observations. We also investigate the nature of fluids involved in deposit formation based on sulfide trace element and sulfur isotope LA-ICP-MS data together with tourmaline mineral chemistry and boron isotopes. Classification of original protoliths was made on the basis of geochemically immobile elements; recognized lithologies are metasedimentary rocks, mafic, intermediate-composition, and felsic metavolcanic rocks, and an ultramafic sill. The composition of the host rocks does not control the type or intensity of mineralization. Sulfur isotope values (δ34S − 2.6 to + 7.1‰) and trace element data obtained for pyrite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite indicate that the two geochemically distinct Au–Co and Co ore types formed from fluids of different compositions and origins. A reduced, metamorphic fluid was responsible for deposition of the pyrrhotite-dominant, Co-rich ore, whereas a relatively oxidized fluid deposited the pyrite-dominant Au–Co ore. The main alteration and mineralization stages at Juomasuo are as follows: (1) widespread albitization that predates both types of mineralization; (2) stage 1, Co-rich mineralization associated with chlorite (± biotite ± amphibole) alteration; (3) stage 2, Au–Co mineralization related to sericitization. Crystal-chemical compositions for tourmaline suggest the involvement of evaporite-related fluids in formation of the deposit; boron isotope data also allow for this conclusion. Results of our research indicate that the metal association in the Juomasuo Au–Co deposit was formed by spatially coincident and multiple hydrothermal processes.



2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIMOTHY S. BROWN

This article examines the life and times of Richard Scheringer, an army officer and supporter of Adolf Hitler who became famous during the early 1930s for his high-profile conversion to communism. Known in the closing years of the Weimar Republic as a point-man for Communist efforts to win support from the radical right, Scheringer survived the Third Reich to become a leading figure in the postwar Communist Party. His well-documented but little-studied career, bridging critical caesurae of modern Germany history, highlights the unique political constellation of the interwar period, demonstrating fundamental continuities in the relationship of German communism to the nation before and after 1945.



2020 ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
Olga N. Ratnicava ◽  
Irina P. Lisitsyna ◽  
Inna V. Аgeichik

Based on studies of geomorphology, stratigraphy, hydrology, various maps of Polesie, zones of influence of amelioration canals, vegetation maps, modern satellite images, as well as field studies of peatlands of Pripyat Polesie, two independent drainage systems have been identified, with a network of amelioration canals that intensively discharge water into the rivers Stwiga and Ybort`. Maps of key points were built In GIS-format, on which five sites were laid in the field within the Mezhch and Neresnya peat deposits for further long-term monitoring of GWL parameters. The locations of the sensors installation are based on the relationship of bog phytocenoses with the average annual GWL values and the amplitude of their fluctuations. Analysis of the GWL parameters before and after environmental rehabilitation measures will allow assessing the effectiveness of planned measures in disturbed areas and obtaining new data on areas of peat deposits in their natural state.



1984 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1742-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Bai ◽  
B. J. Rabinovitch ◽  
R. L. Pardy

Because of its potential relevance to heavy exercise we studied the ventilatory muscle function of five normal subjects before, during, and after shortterm near-maximal voluntary normocapnic hyperpnea. Measurements of pleural and abdominal pressures and diaphragm electromyogram (EMG) during hyperpnea and of maximum respiratory pressures before and after hyperpnea were made at four levels of ventilation: 76, 79, and 86% maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) and at MVV. Measurements of pleural and abdominal pressures and diaphragm electromyogram (EMG) during hyperpnea and of maximum respiratory pressures before and after hyperpnea were made. The pressure-stimulation frequency relationship of the diaphragm obtained by unilateral transcutaneous phrenic nerve stimulation was studied in two subjects before and after hyperpnea. Decreases in maximal inspiratory (PImax) and transdiaphragmatic (Pdimax) strength were recorded posthyperpnea at 76 and 79% MVV. Decreases in the pressure-frequency curves of the diaphragm and the ratio of high-to-low frequency power of the diaphragm EMG occurred in association with decreases in Pdimax. Analysis of the pressure-time product (P X dt) for the inspiratory and expiratory muscles individually indicated the increasing contribution of expiratory muscle force to the attainment of higher levels of ventilation. Demonstrable ventilatory muscle fatigue may limit endurance at high levels of ventilation.



1964 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 919-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loring B. Rowell ◽  
Henry L. Taylor ◽  
Yang Wang

The predictability of maximal O2 intake (max Vo2) was studied in four groups of normal men, 18–24 years of age. Prediction of max Vo2 was made from pulse rate and Vo2 at a single submaximal workload at an ambient temperature of 78 F by use of the nomogram of Åstrand and Ryhming (1954) and underestimated actual max Vo2 by 27 ± 7% and 14 ± 7% in a sedentary group, before and after 2frac12–3 months of physical training, and by 5.6 ȁ 4% in a group of ten endurance athletes. Accuracy of prediction in all groups varied with approximation of pulse rate to 128 beats/min at 50% of max Vo2. Nonspecific stresses increased predictive errors in all groups. Constants b (slope) and A (intercept) in the regression equation Vo2 = bP – A (where P is pulse rate), were determined from Vo2 and pulse measured at four submaximal workloads requiring 13–28 ml O2/kg min. Prediction of max Vo2 by extrapolation of the slope to maximal pulse rate resulted in underestimation of 700–800 ml O2/min. Removal of 14% of circulating hemoglobin decreased max Vo2 by 4% but there was no change in pulse rates or predicted max Vo2. The relationship of RQ to V22 during work provided no reliable basis for prediction of max Vo2. exercise pulse rate, oxygen intake, relationship; pulse rate, oxygen intake relationship in exercise; metabolic rate, maximal aerobic prediction of; aerobic metabolic rate, maximal, prediction of; phlebotomy, effect on maximal oxygen intake, pulse rate; blood loss, effect on maximal oxygen intake, pulse rate; training, effect on maximal oxygen intake, pulse rates; physical conditioning, effect on maximal oxygen intake, pulse rates Submitted on October 4, 1963



2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 350
Author(s):  
Midori Miyagi ◽  
Hiroshi Takahashi ◽  
Hideki Sekiya ◽  
Satoru Ebihara

Background: Dysphagia is one of the most serious complications of occipitocervical fusion (OCF). The previous studies have shown that postoperative cervical alignment, documented with occipito (O)-C2 angles, C2-C6 angles, and pharyngeal inlet angles (PIA), impacted the incidence of postoperative dysphagia in patients undergoing OCF. Here, we investigated the relationship of preoperative versus postoperative cervical alignment on the incidence of postoperative dysphagia after OCF. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data/medical charts for 22 patients following OCF (2006– 2019). The O-C2 angles, C2-C6 angles, PIA, and narrowest pharyngeal airway spaces (nPAS) were assessed using plain lateral radiographs of the cervical spine before and after the surgery. The severity of dysphagia was assessed with the functional oral intake scale (FOIS) levels as documented in medical charts; based on this, patients were classified into the nondysphagia (FOIS: 7) versus dysphagia (FOIS: 1–6) groups. Results: Seven patients (35%) experienced dysphagia after OCF surgery. Preoperative PIA and nPAS were smaller in the dysphagia group. Spearman rank correlation showed a positive correlation between preoperative PIA and FOIS and between preoperative nPAS and FOIS. Conclusion: This study suggests that preoperative cervical alignment may best predict the incidence of postoperative dysphagia after OCF.



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