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Deformation and petrological record of polyphase quartzo-feldspathic rocks in Erzgebirge, Bohemian Massif
Kryl, Jakub ; Lexa, Ondrej (advisor) ; Závada, Prokop (referee) ; Hasalová, Pavlína (referee)
The Erzgebirge dome, exposing Proterozoic - Early Palaeozoic metagranitoids and metasedimentary rocks of the Saxothuringian domain in the Bohemian Massif, is formed by a tectonic stack of several UHP-HP and HT units exhumed during the Variscan continental subduction-collision process. A systematic study of orthogneiss deformation microstructures carried out on a regional scale has been done to evaluate these units' extent and relative structural position in the subduction complex. Five different microstructural types have been distinguished, revealing two overprinting sequences with 1) coarse-grained microstructures in the parautochthonous Kateřina-Reitzenhain Dome and 2) fine- grained microstructures in the allochthonous HP-HT Gneiss Eclogite Unit I. P-T conditions of the individual overprinting microstructures calculated by conventional thermobarometry suggest continuous deformation during exhumation along two contrasting P-T paths. The warmer one in the parautochthonous unit showed exhumation from ~13.5 kbar and ~820 ◦C to ~3 kbar and ~500 ◦C, while the colder one in the allochthonous unit showed exhumation from ~16 kbar and ~740 ◦C to ~3 kbar and ~400 ◦C. The overprinting microstructures are associated with vertical shortening interpreted as ductile thinning. This deformation started at depths...
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Variscan subduction-related plutonism in the French Massif Central
Usmanova, Diana ; Janoušek, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Špillar, Václav (referee)
The French Massif Central belongs to the Moldanubian Zone, which is an internal part of the Variscan Orogen. The Massif was formed during six tectonic-metamorphic events and has a nappe structure. The Muscovite-bearing Peraluminous Granitoids (MPG), Cordierite-bearing Peraluminous Granitoids (CPG), K-rich Calc-alkaline Granitoids (KCG), and Amphibole-bearing Calc-alkaline Granitoids (ACG) types of granitoids were intruded into the nappe units during the Carboniferous. The formation of FMC granitoid plutons was predominantly linked to continental collision; only the ACG plutonites are older, typical of magmatic arcs. These amphibole-bearing calc-alkaline quartz diorites to tonalites are common in the western French Massif Central (Limousin region), where a 250 km long belt known as the "Limousin tonalite belt" is found. Its linear shape and characteristic geochemical composition suggest a subduction-related origin. Newly obtained geochemical data from the Limousin region indicate an intermediate composition (52-57 wt% SiO2), a metaluminous, subalkaline character, and place the samples in the calc-alkaline series. Furthermore, enrichment of Large Ion Lithophile Elements (LILE), depletion of High Field Strength Elements (HFSE), negative europium anomaly (Eu/Eu* = 0,63-0,92) and relatively low initial...
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Analog modeling of subduction zone processes
Tkáčiková, Tatiana ; Žák, Jiří (advisor) ; Krýza, Ondřej (referee)
Subduction zones, domains where oceanic lithosphere is subducted into the mantle beneath an overriding plate, are one of the most dynamic tectonic environments. A wide range of the long-lasting subduction-zone processes may be suitably reproduced and studied through analog modeling and thus may be directly observed in laboratory, though at time and length scales that differ fundamentally from nature. The main goals of this Bachelor thesis are first to provide an overview of large-scale architecture of subduction zones, to present an overview of the published analog experimental methods, and then to discuss the main outcomes of analog modeling of subduction zones and accretionary prisms. The thesis also summarizes the main mechanical parameters of materials used in the analog modeling. Furthermore, a set of simple experiments were performed, with the main goal to model formation of basalt-bearing mélanges during subduction of seamounts and volcanic belts that may occur on ocean floor and are commonly incorporated into accretionary wedges as dismembered Ocean Plate Stratigraphy (OPS).
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Petrogenesis and evolution of the Davle Volcanic Complex
Santolík, Václav ; Ackerman, Lukáš (advisor) ; Krmíček, Lukáš (referee)
The Davle Volcanic Complex (DVC) situated in the Teplá-Barrandian unit (TBU) of the Bohemian Massif, is considered as a Neoproterozoic-Cambrian magmatic arc that developed on the northern active margin of Gondwana supercontinent during Cadomian accretionary orogeny. This study combines data obtained from fieldwork, petrography, rock-forming mineral microanalysis, major and trace element analysis, Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic systematics and U-Pb zircon geochronology in order to reveal the petrogenesis and evolution of the DVC. At least three-stage metamorphism including Cadomian seafloor alteration, Variscan regional metamorphism as well as contact metamorphism related to the emplacement of the Central Bohemian Plutonic Complex affected the DVC. The studied rocks follow calc-alkaline trend whereas tholeiitic trend previously reported is rather related to younger magmatic events. The northern part of the DVC is dominated by felsic subvolcanic (plagiogranite), volcanic (dacite- rhyolite) and pyroclastic (dacitic-rhyolitic tuffs and breccias) rocks with a few outcrops of basaltic andesite-andesite pillow lavas documenting the subaqueous activity of the DVC. These rocks are Na-rich, but K-poor, the plagiogranite contains albite most likely primary in origin, and exhibit highly radiogenic εNd values (~ +6 to +11),...
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Latent heat effect on slab deformation in the Earth mantle
Pilař, Štěpán ; Čížková, Hana (advisor) ; Běhounková, Marie (referee)
Lithospheric plates move relative to each other with velocities of several cm/year. In subduction zone, one plate slides (subducts) under the other. Slabs are being deformed while subducting to the Earth's mantle. The subduction is influenced by phase tran- sitions of the mantle material at the depths of 410 km and 660 km. Here, we used a two-dimensional numerical model of subduction to evaluate the influence of latent heat released or absorbed during these phase transitions on the subduction process. We ex- amined the influence of latent heat alongside the influence of other parameters - age of the slab (50 - 150 million years), yield stress inside the slab (2 · 108 − 5 · 108 Pa) and viscosity of the crust (1020 −1021 Pa s). Latent heat released during an exothermic phase transition at the depth of 410 km heats up the slab by 50 - 90 K, reduces the density anomaly with respect to the surrounding mantle and slows down the slab. At the same time, the viscosity of the slab is lowered and the slab deforms more easily in the transi- tion zone due to the endothermic phase transition at the depth of 660 km and a viscosity resistance of a stiffer lower mantle. The stress inside a slab is therefore lowered, which may influence deep earthquakes. When it comes to the other parameters, age of the slab changes the...
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