TY - BOOK T1 - Cape Anne: Its physical and environmental geology Y1 - 2015 A1 - Ross, Martin E. KW - #Fieldtrips KW - #MassGeology KW - #MassGeologyBooks KW - Anneite KW - Cape Anne KW - diabase KW - dikes KW - Dogtown KW - dogtown morraine KW - erratics KW - gabbro KW - Gloucester KW - granite KW - Halibut Point KW - Manchester by the Sea KW - morraine KW - phenocrysts KW - Rafe's Chasm KW - Rockport AB - "Cape Anne, Massachusetts has long been famous for its spectacular scenery and intriguing geology. This volume, written by a long time resident and geologist, brings to life the secrets of Cape Anne's geology as well as the environmental impact current and past land use has had on the cape from a geological perspective. Also included is a geologic field guide to ten fascinating localities along the rocky shore." - From the book cover. To obtain a copy, contact Martin Ross at m.ross@neu.edu The book is also available on Amazon.com UR - http://www.researchgate.net/publication/275963133_Cape_Ann_Its_Physical_and_Environmental_Geology ER - TY - Generic T1 - Geochemistry of gneisses and amphibolites in the Uchee Belt of western Georgia and eastern Alabama; an ACRES progress report T2 - Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America Y1 - 2000 A1 - Joseph P Kopera A1 - Nicholas, Brian A1 - Todd, Dave A1 - Davison, Jeff A1 - Hanley, Tom A1 - Kar, Aditya A1 - La Tour, Timothy E. A1 - Edwards, Tonya KW - #StaffPubs KW - Alabama KW - amphibolite KW - chemical composition KW - Columbus Georgia KW - dikes KW - Georgia KW - gneisses KW - Igneous and metamorphic petrology 05A KW - inclusions KW - intrusions KW - metamorphic rocks KW - Muscogee County Georgia KW - Uchee Belt KW - United States KW - xenoliths AB - Undergraduate students, high school teachers, and university faculty representing ACRES (Atlanta Consortium for Research in Earth Sciences) studied lineated gneiss (LG) exposed at Flat Rock Park (FRP) and vicinity in Columbus, GA, and Motts gneiss (MG) in eastern Alabama. The LG and MG are mineralogically and geochemically granitoidal lineated orthogneisses. They contain deformed mafic xenoliths, as well as aplitic, granitic and pegmatoidal dikes that cut the dominant lineation. Based on chemical analyses, the LG from FRP and the MG plot as granite on the IUGS diagrams and the Le Bas diagram. Similarity in incompatible trace element ratios (e.g., Zr/Nb) and highly evolved characteristics of aplite with respect to the host gneisses, indicate there is probably a genetic link between the MG and the FRP LG. These rocks are chemically distinct from other nearby felsic gneiss. Phenix City gneiss amphibolites from Lindsey Creek and North Highland Mills dam in Columbus were also analyzed for major and trace elements. These amphibolites are low K tholeiitic rocks with an island arc affinity and are similar to rocks from the area that have already been analyzed. The amphibolites show a wide range of fractionation (41 to 62 percent SiO (sub 2) ). Consistency in incompatible element ratios over a wide range of fractionation of some of the samples show a probable genetic relationship among the various amphibolites of Lindsey Creek. Future work should involve more extensive collecting and analysis of both felsic rocks and amphibolites in the Uchee belt. More time should also be spent describing the thin sections of the existing collection and comparing the REE patterns for the FRP, MG and other felsic rocks in the Uchee belt. JF - Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America PB - Geological Society of America (GSA) : Boulder, CO, United States CY - United States VL - 32 SN - 00167592 IS - 22 N1 - Accession Number: 2002-039126; Conference Name: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 49th annual meeting; Charleston, SC, United States; Conference Date: 20000323; Language: English; Coordinates: N322800N322800W0845900W0845900; Coden: GAAPBC; Collation: 1; Collation: 31; Publication Types: Abstract Only; Serial; Conference document; Updated Code: 200214; Monograph Title: Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, 49th annual meeting; Monograph Author(s): Anonymous; Reviewed Item: Analytic JO - Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America ER - TY - Generic T1 - The influence of ductile structure and rheological heterogeneity on brittle structures as exhibited by Avalonian granites in southeastern Massachusetts T2 - Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Y1 - 2008 A1 - Joseph P Kopera KW - #StaffPubs KW - acadian KW - alleghenian KW - avalon KW - BEDROCK KW - dikes KW - foliation KW - fracture KW - fracture system KW - fracture trace KW - fractures KW - granite KW - granites KW - Hopkinton KW - joints KW - l-tectonites KW - lineaments KW - lineation KW - Milford KW - Upton AB - The orientation and geographic distribution of joints, veins, and brittle faults show a conspicuous correlation with the heterogeneous distribution of foliation and lineation intensity in Neo-Proterozoic granites and their deformed counterparts in southeastern Massachusetts. Field mapping and stereonet analysis of brittle and ductile structural data collected during 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping of the Milford quadrangle yielded the following general observations, which suggest that the ductile deformational history of this region appears to have strongly influenced the later development of brittle structures in the same rocks: The behavior of these fractures in relation to ductile structure have implications for rheological constraints on tectonic models of the post-Alleghenian core of the New England Appalachians, hydrogeologic models of regional fractured bedrock aquifers, and the interpretation of topographic lineaments. JF - Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs PB - Geological Society of America (GSA) : Boulder, CO, United States CY - Buffalo, NY VL - 40 UR - https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2008NE/finalprogram/abstract_134899.htm ER -