hinged alleghanian uplift of the bronson hill terrane in connecticut and massachusetts
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Hinged Alleghanian Uplift of the Bronson Hill terrane in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Elizabeth R. Goeke, Julie L. Boyd, and Robert P. Wintsch Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Research support by:. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Hinged Alleghanian Uplift of the Bronson Hill terrane in Connecticut
and Massachusetts
Elizabeth R. Goeke, Julie L. Boyd, and Robert P. Wintsch
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
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Research support by:
• Geological Society of America Student Research grants awarded to Elizabeth R. Goeke and Julie L. Boyd
• National Science Foundation grants #EAR 91-04495 (R. P. Wintsch) and #EAR99-09410 (R. P. Wintsch)
• Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
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Goals: To evaluate the Alleghanian overprint on rocks previously
metamorphosed in the Acadian Orogeny.
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Why the Bronson Hill terrane?
• The entire terrane was metamorphosed during the Acadian Orogeny.
• The terrane extends from the Long Island Sound to the New Hampshire/Canadian border.
• Cooling ages from Connecticut in the Bronson Hill are indicative of cooling from Alleghanian events.
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Julie’s horn ages on a map
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Hornblende cooling ages
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41 41.2 41.4 41.6 41.8 42 42.2 42.4 42.6 42.8
Latitude
Ages
in M
a
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Julie’s musc ages on a map
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Muscovite Cooling Ages
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41 41.2 41.4 41.6 41.8 42 42.2 42.4 42.6 42.8
Latitude
Ages
in M
a
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Hornblende and Muscovite cooling ages
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41 41.2 41.4 41.6 41.8 42 42.2 42.4 42.6 42.8
Latitude
Ages
in M
a
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Ponder the Difference:
• Hornblende ages are cooling from Alleghanian heating in the south and the Acadian Orogeny in the north.
• Muscovite ages are fairly uniform the length of the terrane and indicative of cooling from Permian heating.
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Map of ERG samples
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Thermometers and Barometers:
• Holland and Blundy, 1994
hornblende-plagioclase thermometer
• Graham and Powell, 1984
garnet-hornblende thermometer
• Kohn and Spear, 1989 and 1990
garnet-hornblende-quartz-plagioclase barometer
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Hornblende-Plagioclase
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41 41.5 42 42.5 43
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pera
ture
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Hornblende-Plagioclase at 5 kb
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41 41.5 42 42.5 43
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Garnet-Hornblende for Cores
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41.2 41.4 41.6 41.8 42 42.2 42.4
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Te
mp
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C
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Garnet-Hornblende for Rims
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41.2 41.4 41.6 41.8 42 42.2 42.4
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mp
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Garnet-Hornblende for Cores and Rims
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41.2 41.4 41.6 41.8 42 42.2 42.4
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Te
mp
era
ture
in
C
core
rim
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Core vs Rim Temperatures for Garnet-Hornblende
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Rim Temperatures in C
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e Te
mpe
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in C Retrograde
Prograde
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Hornblende-Plagioclase and Garnet-Hornblende
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41 41.25 41.5 41.75 42 42.25 42.5 42.75
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re i
n C
Hb-Pl
Gar-Hb
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Various P-T paths with gar-hb points, hb-pl points, and exhumation lines
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Conclusions:
• The southern portions of the Bronson Hill were buried to greater depths during the Alleghanian Orogeny than those in northern Connecticut and Massachusetts.
• The Bronson Hill was exhumed quicker in the south than to the north.