Geochemical and petrologic study of the Fries-Rockfish Valley Fault near Roanoke, Virginia

dc.contributor.authorHolmstad, Erin Francesen
dc.contributor.committeechairTracy, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBodnar, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHenika, William S.en
dc.contributor.departmentGeologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:48:38Zen
dc.date.adate2008-11-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:48:38Zen
dc.date.issued1996-05-15en
dc.date.rdate2008-11-01en
dc.date.sdate2008-11-01en
dc.description.abstractThe Blue Ridge Province in southern and central Virginia is a complex slice of Precambrian basement emplaced on the margin of Laurentia during collisional events in the Paleozoic. This allochthonous basement is composed of Middle Proterozoic continental crust, Late Proterozoic intrusives, and Late Proterozoic-early Paleozoic metasediments and metavolcanics. Two distinct terranes within the Blue Ridge are separated by the northeast-trending and southeast dipping Fries-Rockfish Valley Fault Zone, exposed as a 1-10 km wide shear zone, formed during the middle Paleozoic Taconic Orogeny (425-450 Ma.). These terranes are referred to as the Pedlar massif, a high-grade granulite terrane, to the northwest and the Lovingston massif, a lower-grade amphibolite terrane to the southeast. The connection between these terranes has been debated for decades. A combined petrologic and geochemical approach has been applied in two transects across the shear zone, four kilometers apart along strike near Roanoke, Virginia, to study the geochemical and petrologic evidence of shearing along the fault and constrain the nature and timing of possible retrogressive and fluid infiltration events that affected these rocks. Mineral assemblages and microstructures at the northeastern Horsepen Mountain and at the southwestern Explore Park transects indicate that deformation occurred along the fault under greenshist facies conditions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxi, 99 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
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dc.identifier.otheretd-11012008-063059en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063059/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45389en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.H656.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 35101318en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectgeochemistryen
dc.subjectshearen
dc.subjectmetamorphic petrologyen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.H656en
dc.titleGeochemical and petrologic study of the Fries-Rockfish Valley Fault near Roanoke, Virginiaen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineGeologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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