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In situ Rb-Sr dating of slickenfibres in deep crystalline basement faults.
Scientific Reports ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-17 , DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57262-5
Mikael Tillberg 1, 2 , Henrik Drake 1 , Thomas Zack 2 , Ellen Kooijman 3 , Martin J Whitehouse 3 , Mats E Åström 1
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Establishing temporal constraints of faulting is of importance for tectonic and seismicity reconstructions and predictions. Conventional fault dating techniques commonly use bulk samples of syn-kinematic illite and other K-bearing minerals in fault gouges, which results in mixed ages of repeatedly reactivated faults as well as grain-size dependent age variations. Here we present a new approach to resolve fault reactivation histories by applying high-spatial resolution Rb-Sr dating to fine-grained mineral slickenfibres in faults occurring in Paleoproterozoic crystalline rocks. Slickenfibre illite and/or K-feldspar together with co-genetic calcite and/or albite were targeted with 50 µm laser ablation triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analyses (LA-ICP-MS/MS). The ages obtained disclose slickenfibre growth at several occasions spanning over 1 billion years, from at least 1527 Ma to 349 ± 9 Ma. The timing of these growth phases and the associated structural orientation information of the kinematic indicators on the fracture surfaces are linked to far-field tectonic events, including the Caledonian orogeny. Our approach links faulting to individual regional deformation events by minimizing age mixing through micro-scale analysis of individual grains and narrow crystal zones in common fault mineral assemblages.

中文翻译:

深结晶基底断层中光滑纤维的原位Rb-Sr定年。

建立断层的时间约束对于构造和地震活动的重建和预测很重要。常规断层测年技术通常在断层泥中使用合成运动伊利石和其他含K矿物的大量样品,这会导致反复重新激活的断层的混合年龄以及与粒度有关的年龄变化。在这里,我们提出了一种新的方法来解决断层再活化历史,方法是对古元古代晶体岩中发生的断层应用细粒度的矿物滑动纤维应用高空间分辨率的Rb-Sr。用50 µm激光烧蚀三重四极杆电感耦合等离子体质谱分析(LA-ICP-MS / MS)靶向Slickenfibre伊利石和/或钾长石以及共生方解石和/或钠长石。所获得的年龄在超过10亿年的数个时期中揭示了光滑纤维的增长,从至少1527 Ma到349±9 Ma。这些生长阶段的时间和裂缝表面运动学指标的相关结构取向信息与包括加里东造山运动在内的远场构造事件有关。我们的方法通过对常见断层矿物组合中的单个晶粒和狭窄的晶体区域进行微观分析,通过最小化年龄混合,将断层与单个区域变形事件联系起来。
更新日期:2020-01-17
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