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Title: A paleomagnetic pole position for the Franklin Mountains Precambrian sequence, Texas

Conference · · Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)
OSTI ID:6137767
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  1. Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX (United States). Dept. of Geological Sciences

The Franklin Mountains, West Texas, contain a well preserved sequence of Proterozoic rocks that were probably formed on the southern margin of the Proterozoic North American continent. This sequence includes, in ascending order, the Castner Marble, the basaltic Mundy Breccia, quartzites and hornfels of the Lanoria Formation, and meta-sedimentary and meta-volcanic units of the Thunderbird Group. The lower part of this sequence is intruded by several phases of the 1.1 Ga Red Bluff Granite complex. Oriented paleomagnetic core samples were collected from the Castner Marble, the Mundy Breccia, and a quartz syenite phase of the Red Bluff Granite complex, in order to determine pole positions for each individual unit. Intensive demagnetization studies revealed that primary magnetic directions of both the Castner Marble and the Mundy Breccia have been totally overprinted by the Red Bluff intrusive event. Therefore, the following 1.1 Ga paleopole is based on combined tilt corrected data from the Castner Marble, Mundy Breccia and the Red Bluff Granite quartz syenite phase: Dec. = 288.8, Inc. = 52.7 (N = 87, R= 78.42, a[sub 95] = 5.05[degree], k = 10.02) Pole long. = 174.4[degree] W, Pole lat. = 31.3[degree] N (dp = 4.8, dm = 7.0). This pole is indistinguishable from 1.1 Ga Keweenawan Rift paleopoles.

OSTI ID:
6137767
Report Number(s):
CONF-9303212-; CODEN: GAAPBC
Journal Information:
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States), Vol. 25:1; Conference: 27. annual Geological Society of America (GSA) South-Central Section meeting, Fort Worth, TX (United States), 15-16 Mar 1993; ISSN 0016-7592
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English