Bedrock geology of DFDP-2B, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand
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Abstract
During the second phase of the Alpine Fault, Deep Fault Drilling Project (DFDP) in the Whataroa River, South Westland, New Zealand, bedrock was encountered in the DFDP-2B borehole from 238.5–893.2 m Measured Depth (MD). Continuous sampling and meso- to microscale characterisation of whole rock cuttings established that, in sequence, the borehole sampled amphibolite facies, Torlesse Composite Terrane-derived schists, protomylonites and mylonites, terminating 200–400 m above an Alpine Fault Principal Slip Zone (PSZ) with a maximum dip of 62°. The most diagnostic structural features of increasing PSZ proximity were the occurrence of shear bands and reduction in mean quartz grain sizes. A change in composition to greater mica:quartz + feldspar, most markedly below c. 700 m MD, is inferred to result from either heterogeneous sampling or a change in lithology related to alteration. Major oxide variations suggest the fault-proximal Alpine Fault alteration zone, as previously defined in DFDP-1 core, was not sampled.
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Toy, V.G., Southerland, R., Townend, J., Allen, M.J., Becroft, L., Boles, A., Boulton, C., Carpenter, B., Cooper, A.K., Cox, S.C., Daube, C., Faulkner, D.R., Halfpenny, A., Kato, N., Keys, S., Kirilova, M., Kometani, Y., Little, T., Mariani, E., Melosh, B.L., Menzies, C.D., Morales, L., Morgan, C., Mori, H., Niemeijer, A., Norris, R., Prior, D., Sauer, K., Schleicher, A., Shigematsu, N., Teagle, D.A., Tobin, H., Valdez, R., Williams, J., Yeo, S., Baratin, L., Barth, N.C., Benson, A., Boese, C., Celerier, B., Chamberlain, C.J., Conze, R., Coussens, J., Craw, L., Doan, M., Eccles, J.L., Grieve, J., Grochowski, J., Gulley, A., Howarth, J., Zamudio, K.D., Janku-Capova, L., Jeppson, T.N., Langridge, R.M., Mallyon, D., Marx, R., Massiot, C., Mathewson, L., Moore, J., Nishikawa, O., Pooley, B., Pyne, A., Savage, M.K., Schmitt, D., Taylor-Offord, S., Upton, P., Weaver, K.C., Wiersberg, T., Zimmer, M., 2017, Bedrock geology of DFDP-2B, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, v. 60, no. 4, p. 497-518, https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2017.1375533.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Bedrock geology of DFDP-2B, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand |
| Series title | New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |
| DOI | 10.1080/00288306.2017.1375533 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | October 17, 2017 |
| Year Published | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 22 p. |
| First page | 497 |
| Last page | 518 |
| Country | New Zealand |