Seismic velocities of granulites from the Seiland Petrographic Province (N. Norway): Implications for Scandinavian lower continental crust
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Feb 24, 1983
Keywords:
Norway,
Seiland,
Laboratory measurements,
Seismic velocities,
Granulites,
Lower continental crust
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Vols. 1-18 (1924-1944), ISSN 0044-2801
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Compressional and shear wave velocities have been measured in the laboratory at up to 1.0 GPa effective pressure on a suite of granulite facies rocks from the Seiland Petrographic Province. The suite may be of Precambrian age and the measurements were made to test a proposal that the suite represents lower continental crust. Compressional wave velocities at 0.4 GPa effective pressure range from 6.41–6.97 km s-1 with a mean of 6.71 km s-1 . Measurements of the parameter (∂V/∂Tp) suggest a value of a –0.8 x 10-3 km s-1 ºC-1 , and the temperature corrected mean velocity of about 6.5 km s-1 at 20 km depth is comparable to that found in parts of the lower crust in Scandinavia. The mean Poisson's ratio of 0.29 at 0.4 GPa is slightly higher than that found (0.276), but could be reduced if heterogeneity in the suite and the effect of higher pressures are taken into account. The occurrence of lower continental crust as a thrust slice in the Province is consistent with current ideas on the geological evolution of this area.
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Chroston, P., & Evans, C. (1983). Seismic velocities of granulites from the Seiland Petrographic Province (N. Norway): Implications for Scandinavian lower continental crust. Journal of Geophysics, 52(1), 14-21. Retrieved from https://journal.geophysicsjournal.com/JofG/article/view/260
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Barth, T.F.W. (1953) The layered gabbro series at Seiland, Northern Norway. Norg. Geol. Unders. 184:191-200
Bath, M. (1971) Seismic wave velocities of the Swedish crust. Pure Appl. Geoph. 88:75-91
Birch, F. (1960) The velocity of compressional waves in rocks to 10 kilobars, Part I. J. Geophys. Res. 65:1083-1102
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Brooks, M. (1970) A gravity survey of coastal areas of West Finnrnark, Northern Norway. Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 125:171-192
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Choudhury, M., Giese, P., de Visintini, G. (1971) Crustal structure of the Alps: some general features from explosion seismology. Boll. Geofis. 13:211-240
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Christensen, N.I., Fountain, D.M. (1975) Constitution of lower continental crust based on experimental studies of seismic velocities in granulite. Geol. Soc. Arn. Bull. 86:227-236
Chroston, P.N. (1974) Geological interpretation of gravity data between Trornso and Oksfjord (Finnrnark). Norg. Geol. Unders. 312:59-90
Chroston, P.N., Brooks, M., Sellevoll, M.A. (1976) A seismic refraction line across the Seiland Igneous Province, Northern Norway. Norsk Geol. Tids. 56:211-216
Evans, C.J. (1980) The seismic velocities of the Ox mountain granulites of Ireland and the implication for the interpretation of the crustal structure of north Britain. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 183:417-426
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Fountain, D.M. (1976) The Ivrea-Verbano and Strona-Ceneri zones, northern Italy: a cross section of the continental crust- new evidence from seismic velocities of rock samples. Tectonophysics 33:145-165
Griffin, W.L., Taylor, P.N., Hakkinen, J.W., Heier, K.S., Iden, I.K., Krogh, E.J., Malm, O., Olsen, K.L., Orrnaasen, D.E., Tvetan, E. (1978) Archaean and Proterozoic crustal evolution in LofotenVesteralen, N. Norway. J. Geol. Soc. London 135:629-647
Hall, J., Al Haddad, F.M. (1976) Seismic velocities in the Lewisian metamorphic complex, northwest Britain - 'in situ' measurements. Scottish J. Geol. 12:305-314
Hall, J., Simmons, G. (1979) Seismic velocities of Lewisian metamorphic rocks at pressures to 8 kbar: relationship to crustal layering in north Britain. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 58:337-347
Harland, W.B., Gayer, R.A. (1972) The Arctic Caledonides and earlier oceans. Geol. Mag. 109:289-314
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Hooper, P.R. (1971) The rnafic and ultrarnafic intrusions of S.W. Finnrnark and N. Trorns. Norg. Geol. Unders. 269:147-158
Hughes, D.S., Maurette, C. (1957) Variation of elastic wave velocities in basic igneous rocks with pressure and temperature. Geophysics 22:23-31
Kern, H. (1978) The effect of high temperature and high confining pressure on compressional wave velocities in quartz-bearing and quartz-free igneous and metamorphic rocks. Tectonophysics 44:183-203
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Krauskopf, K.F. (1954) Igneous and metamorphic rocks of the 0ksfjord area, West Finnrnark. Norg. Geol. Unders. 188:29-50
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Norges Geologiske Undersokelse, Harnrnerfest (1974) Berggrunskart 1 :250,000, Publication NGU 301
Oosterorn, M.G. (1963) The ultrarnafic and layered gabbro sequence in the granulite facies rocks on Stjern0y, Finnrnark. Leidse Geol. Meded 28:1-96
Pringle, I.R. (1971) A review of radiometric age determinations from the Caledonides of West Finnrnark. Norg. Geol. Unders. 269:191-196
Pringle, I.R. (1975) A comment: reconnaissance Rb-Sr investigation of salic, rnafic and ultrarnafic rocks in the 0ksfjord area, Seiland Province, Northern Norway. Norsk Geol. Tids. 55:97-100
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Robins, B., Gardner, P.M. (1974) The magmatic evolution of the Seiland Province, and Caledonian plate boundaries in northern Norway. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 26:167-178
Sellevoll, M.A. (1973) Mohorovičić discontinuity beneath Fennoscandia and adjacent parts of the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea. Tectonophysics 20:359-366
Sellevoll, M.A., Thanvarachorn, P. (1977) A seismic reconnaissance study of the Earth's crust in the Lofoten-Vesteralen area, N. Norway. In: Heier K.S. The Norwegian Guotraverse Project. Norg. Geol. Unders., Trondheim
Smith, P.J., Bott, M.H.P. (1975) Structure of the crust beneath the Caledonian foreland and Caledonian belt of the North Scottish region. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 40:187-205
Smithson, S.B. (1978) Modelling continental crust: structural and chemical constraints. Geophys. Res. Lett. 5:749-752
Smithson, S.B., Brewer, J.A., Kaufman, S., Oliver, J.E., Zaurilak, R.C. (1980) Complex archaean lower crustal structure revealed by COCORP crustal profiling in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 46:295-305
Smithson, S.B., Brown, S.K. (1977) A model for lower continental crust. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 35:134-144
Smithson, S.B., Ramberg, I.B., Grnnlie, G. (1974) Gravity interpretation of the Jotun nappe of the Norwegian Caledonides. Tectonophysics 22:205-222
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Stewart, R., Peselnick, R. (1978) Systematic behaviour of compressional velocity in Franciscan rocks at high pressure and temperature. J. Geophys. Res. 83:831-839
Strand, T. (1972) The Norwegian Caledonides. In: Scandinavian Caledonides, De Sitter L.U. ed.: pp. 1-148. Wiley, New York
Sturt, B.A., Roberts, D. (1978) Caledonides of northernmost Norway (Finnrnark). In: Caledonian-Appalachian region of the North Atlantic Region. Geol. Sci. Canada, Paper 78-13:17-24
Sturt, B.A., Pringle, I.R., Ramsay, D.M. (1978) The Finnrnarkian phase of the Caledonian Orogeny. J. Geol. Soc. 135:597-610