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Melt-enhanced deformation during emplacement of gabbro and granodiorite in the Sunnhordland Batholith, west Norway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Torgeir B. Andersen ,
Peter Nielsen ,
Erling Rykkelid  and
Hanne Sølna
Torgeir B. Andersen
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Blindern Oslo 3, Norway
Peter Nielsen
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Blindern Oslo 3, Norway
Erling Rykkelid
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Blindern Oslo 3, Norway
Hanne Sølna
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, 0316 Blindern Oslo 3, Norway
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Abstract

The Caledonian Sunnhordland Batholith comprises calc-alkaline plutons that have been assigned to three units according to their relative age and composition: a gabbro-diorite unit, a granodiorite unit and a later granodiorite-granite unit. The batholith was emplaced into an envelope including ophiolite and island-arc complexes, sediments and volcanites of early Ordovician age that were developed in a zone of plate convergence. Continued convergence resulted in the formation of a mature magmatic arc and a thickened crust; the late granitoids (unit 3), which commenced their crystallization at pressures around 6 to 7 kb, rose as permitted diapiric intrusions. The ingress and ascent of the magmas in this setting is considered to have been facilitated by the presence of major shear zones developed in relation to plate convergence. In this model, plastic instabilities were formed in an otherwise elastic middle and upper crust. Non-coaxial deformation was accelerated by the emplacement of magmas and the formation of abundant partial melts in water-rich sediments of the envelope. The deformation, which was accelerated by magma and melt lubrication in aureoles, controlled both the shape and internal structure in the gabbro and granodiorite plutons.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 128 , Issue 3 , May 1991 , pp. 207 - 226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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