Formación de megacristales de feldespato potásico en el sector sur del batolito Cerro Aspero-Alpa Corral (32°40'S y 64°50'W), Sierras Pampeanas, Córdoba, Argentina

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  • L. P. Pinotti Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Córdoba
  • A. Esparza Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Córdoba
  • J. Coniglio Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Córdoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.92485-6387

Keywords:

Granites, K-Feldspar megacrystals, enclaves, magmatic fluidarity, Sierras Pampeanas, Córdoba, Argentina

Abstract


The surrounding rocks of studied area are composed by a metamorphic sequence which includes gneisses, schists, amphibolites, marbles and heterogeneous migmatites in non-conformity intruded by a granitic pluton. All this sequence is dated as having late-Precambric to mid-Paleozoic age.

Three facies, mostly of monzogranitic composition, were identified. This study focuses on the porphiric facies; detailed petroestructural studies being performed, the orientation of large microcline crystal and associated microgranular enclaves being measured.

Different primary flow directions were determined with track variation of microcline megacrystal and enclaves from subvertical to nearly horizontal positions.

These changes have been interpreted as a convective system within the pluton.

The presence of a marked planar fabric in microcline megacrystals along with phenomena such a size-variation of crystal, synneusis, crystal trending at the enclave's border and crystal accumulation, proves their early magmatic origin. The enclaves show a cinematic of deformation produced by simple shear.

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Published

1992-12-30

How to Cite

Pinotti, L. P., Esparza, A., & Coniglio, J. (1992). Formación de megacristales de feldespato potásico en el sector sur del batolito Cerro Aspero-Alpa Corral (32°40’S y 64°50’W), Sierras Pampeanas, Córdoba, Argentina. Estudios Geológicos, 48(5-6), 211–219. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.92485-6387

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