Citation
O'Neill, Bernard Joseph (1952) Geology of the Anorthosite Massif in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Master's thesis, California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/CNT4-DT95. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04012010-091458107
Abstract
The major objectives of this study have been to distinguish any variation within the anorthosite and to determine its age relationship with the adjacent rocks. Two distinct facies comprise the pre-Cambrian Honeybrook anorthosite: (1) a relatively pure anorthosite facies, and (2) a chilled border facies which is more mafic than the pure anorthosite facies. Quartz-monzonite of pre-Cambrian age has enveloped and penetrated the Honeybrook anorthosite, causing severe alteration in the anorthosite and forming a hybrid rock. The anorthosite is also intruded by a pre-Cambrian pegmatite dike. Metadiabase dikes of pre-Cambrian age cut both the anorthosite and quartz-monzonite. The structure of the anorthosite is doubtful. The meager data suggests a possible domical body. The primary magma yielding the anorthosite complex is assumed to have had the composition of gabbroic anorthosite. An upper chilled border of this composition developed. By gravity stratification during crystallization the mafic crystals settled to form gabbro and the plagioclase crystals remained suspended to form anorthosite.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's thesis) | ||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | (Geology); anorthosite, massif, Honeybrook Quadrangle, Appalachian Highlands, Piedmont province, Blue Ridge Mountains | ||||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | ||||||
| Division: | Geological and Planetary Sciences | ||||||
| Major Option: | Geology | ||||||
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) | ||||||
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| Defense Date: | 1 January 1952 | ||||||
| Additional Information: | Supplemental Files Information: Geology of the Honeybrook anorthosite, Pennsylvania: Supplement 1 from "Geology of the anorthosite massif in Chester County, Pennsylvania" (Thesis). Date(s) Collected: 1951. Geographic Location Bounding Box: -75.75 Degrees East; -75.87 Degrees West; 40.117 Degrees North; 40.05 Degrees South. | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechTHESIS:04012010-091458107 | ||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04012010-091458107 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/CNT4-DT95 | ||||||
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| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | ||||||
| ID Code: | 5671 | ||||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | ||||||
| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 16 Apr 2010 21:45 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2023 22:17 |
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