TY - JOUR A1 - Sponholz, Barbara T1 - Silicate karst associated with lateritic formations (examples from eastern Niger) N2 - Silicate and iron crust karst pits and sinkholes in eastern Niger are filled with reworked lateritic sediments or with unconsolidated palaeosoils and aeolian deposits. The fillings facies depend on the environmental conditions during deposition. Geomorphological and sedimentological studies on the karst fillings and the interpretation of various karst/filling associations allow an approach to the chronology of landscape development in eastern Niger plateaus. KW - Geographie KW - Silicate KW - Niger Y1 - 1994 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-53852 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sponholz, Barbara T1 - Phénoménes karstiques dans les roches siliceuses au Niger oriental N2 - Dans le Niger oriental, des phénomenes karstiques sont fréquents dans les roches siliceuses: gres, silcretes, croûtes ferrugineuses, roches cristallines. A partir des études géomorphologiques et micromorphologiques, on peut conclure a une kartsification, au sense de production de formes par dissolution. Les résultats permettent de dater du Tertiaire inférieur la principale période de karstification. La répartition régionale des formes induites par cette karstification indique une dépendance probable des conditions paléoclimatiques. Actuellement le karst influe encore sur le développement des autres formes de relief. N2 - In North-Eastern Niger karstic features occur commonly in siliceous rocks (sandstones, silcretes, ironcrusts, crystalline). On the base of geomorphological field studies and micromorphological analyses karst forming caused by rock solution is verified. The results render possible the datation of the main karstification period in Early Tertiary. The widespread distribution of similar results indicates the dependance of karstification on palaeoclimatic conditions; actually the karstic systems influence significantly the development of othe landforms. KW - silicate karst KW - geomorphology KW - palaeoclimatology KW - Sahara KW - Sahel KW - Niger KW - karst siliceux KW - geomorphologie KW - paléoclimat KW - Sahara KW - Sahel KW - Niger Y1 - 1994 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86833 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schüssler, Ulrich A1 - Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm T1 - Petrographical and Geochronological Investigations on a Garnet-Tourmaline Pegmatite from Ringgold Knoll, Oates Coast, Antarctica N2 - The Ringgold Knoll pegmatite, a late-stage member of the Granite Harbour Intrusives, crosscuts high-grade Wilson gneisses of the Oates Coast, which forms the westernmost part of the Wilson Terrane at the Pacific end of the Cambro-Ordovician Ross orogenic belt in West Antarctica. The pegmatite mineral assemblage consists of K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz, garnet (almandinespessartine-pyrope), dark tourmaline (schorl-dravite), muscovite, apatite, monazite, zircon, blue AI-rich tourmaline and dumortierite in order of decreasing abundances. Major, minor and rare earth elements are reported for the greater part of the mineral assemblage. The time of pegmatite emplacement is constrained by Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isochron ages of 492 ± 8 (2a) Ma and 500 ± 40 (2a) Ma, respectively. High initial 87Sr/86Sr of 0.7315 ± 0.0003 and low E Nd,t of -8.7 ± 1.2 strongly support an origin of the magma from highly evolved crustal source rocks. K-Ar and Ar-Ar model ages of about 470 to 475 Ma for igneous muscovite indicate that the pegmatite together with its wall rocks spent a prolonged period at elevated temperatures before final cooling below about 350 °C. The muscovite dates may give an estimate for the time of exhumation of the Oates Coast crystalline basement along two major late Ross orogenic detachment zones within the Wilson Terrane i.e. the Wilson and the Exiles thrusts (c.f. FLÖTTMANN and KLEINSCHMIDT, 1991). N2 - Der Pegmatit vom Ringgold Knoll geh6rt zur spaten Gangfolge der Granite Harbour Intrusionen und durchschlagt hochgradig metamorphe Wilson Gneise der Oates Coast, die den westlichsten Teil des Wilson Terranes am pazifischen Ende des Kambro-Ordovizischen Ross Orogengiirtels in der Westantarktis bildet. Die pegmatitische Mineralparagenese besteht aus Kalifeldspat, Plagioklas, Quarz, almandin-spessartin-pyrop-betontem Granat, dunklem schorl-dravit-betontem Turmalin, Muscovit, Apatit, Monazit, Zirkon, blauem AI-reichem Turmalin und Dumortierit in der Reihenfolge abnehmenden Modalanteils. FUr den groBeren Teil der Minerale wurden Haupt-, Neben- und Seltenerdelemente bestimmt. Der Zeitpunkt der Pegmatitintrusion wird durch Rb-Sr und Sm-Nd Isochronenalter von 492 ± 8 (20") Ma bzw. 500 ± 40 Ma (20") datiert. Ein hohes "SrI" Sr Initialverhaltnis von 0,7315 ± 0,0003 und ein niedriger Wert flir E Nd,t von -8,7 ± 1,2 sprechen deutlich für eine Magmenherkunft von hochdifferenzierten krustalen Ausgangsgesteinen. K-Ar und Ar-Ar Modellalter von etwa 470 bis 475 Ma von magmatischem Muscovit zeigen, daB der Pegmatit und das Nebengestein eine langsame AbkUhlung auf Temperaturen unter etwa 350°C er1ebten. Die Muscovitdaten konnen als eine Zeitmarke gesehen werden fUr die Heraushebung des kristallinen Grundgebirges der Oates Coast entlang der zwei split Ross-orogenen Wilson und Exiles Hauptüberschiebungszonen im Wilson Terrane (FLÖTTMANN und KLElNSCHMlDT 1991). Y1 - 1994 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-31789 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rösch, C. A1 - Hock, R. A1 - Schüssler, Ulrich A1 - Yule, P. T1 - Präislamische Schmuckperlen aus dem Oman - Erste Ergebnisse mineralogisch-materialkundlicher Untersuchungen N2 - no abstracts available KW - Schmuckperle KW - Oman Y1 - 1994 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-81822 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Klemd, R. A1 - Matthes, S. A1 - Schüssler, Ulrich T1 - Reaction textures and fluid behaviour in very high-pressure calc-silicate rocks of the Münchberg gneiss complex, Bavaria, Germany N2 - Calc-silicate rocks occur as elliptical bands and boudins intimately interlayered with eclogites and high-pressure gneisses in the Munchberg gneiss complex of NE Bavaria. Core assemblages of the boudins consist of grossular-rich garnet, diopside, quartz, zoisite, clinozoisite, calcite, rutile and titanite. The polygonal granoblastic texture commonly displays mineral relics and reaction textures such as postkinematic grossular-rich garnet coronas. Reactions between these mineral phases have been modelled in the CaO-Al203-Si02-C02-H2 0 system with an internally consistent thermodynamic data base. High-pressure metamorphism in the calc-silicate rocks has been estimated at a minimum pressure of 31 kbar at a temperature of 630°C with X^oSQ.Gi. Small volumes of a C02-N2-rich fluid whose composition was buffered on a local scale were present at peak-metamorphic conditions. The P-T conditions for the onset of the amphibolite facies overprint are about 10 kbar at the same temperature. A'co., of the H20-rich fluid phase is regarded to have been <0.03 during amphibolite facies conditions. These P-T estimates are interpreted as representing different stages of recrystallization during isothermal decompression. The presence of multiple generations of mineral phases and the preservation of very high-pressure relics in single thin sections preclude pervasive post-peak metamorphic fluid flow as a cause of a re-equilibration within the calc-silicates. The preservation of eclogite facies, very high-pressure relics as well as amphibolite facies reactions textures in the presence of a fluid phase is in agreement with fast, tectonically driven unroofing of these rocks. KW - calc-silicate rocks; fluid behaviour; P-T path; reaction textures; Variscan basement; very high-pressure metamorphism Y1 - 1994 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-31035 ER -