Crystallographic preferred orientations and microstructure of a Variscan marble mylonite in the Ossa-Morena Zone (SW Iberia)

The mylonitic marbles of the Cherneca shear zone, a Variscan sinistral strike-slip structure developed in the Ossa-Morena Zone (SW Iberia) related to the emplacement of the Santa Olalla Igneous Complex, were studied in detail. Different mylonites (from protomylonites to ultramylonites) were analyzed...

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Autores: Romeo Briones, Ignacio, Capote Del Villar, Ramón, Lunar Hernández, María Del Rosario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/49726
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49726
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:551.24
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Crystallographic preferred orientation
Texture
Microstructure
Mylonite
Shear bands
Variscan Orogeny
Cristalografía (Geología)
Geodinámica
2507 Geofísica
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Sumario:The mylonitic marbles of the Cherneca shear zone, a Variscan sinistral strike-slip structure developed in the Ossa-Morena Zone (SW Iberia) related to the emplacement of the Santa Olalla Igneous Complex, were studied in detail. Different mylonites (from protomylonites to ultramylonites) were analyzed by Electron Back-Scattering Diffraction (EBSD) in order to determine the crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) of calcite. The CPOs show very good agreement with experimental torsion work giving suitable interpretations of the operative slip systems and strain quantifications, thus the obtained natural CPOs validate the experimental approaches. A wide range of observed textures and microstructures are mainly controlled by the amount of shear strain, the presence of secondary phases, and the development of antithetic subsidiary shears. The effect of secondary phases and the nucleation of antithetic shear bands on texture development are discussed.