Principal stress directions from a natural occurrence of stress-induced clinoenstatite
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1978
Department
Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Abstract
Lamellae of clinoenstatite are common in enstatite grains in the high-grade ultramafic hornfelses around the Mount Stuart Batholith in the Central Cascades of Washington. Laboratory deformation experiments on enstatite have shown that shear stress on (100) planes parallel to [001] drastically promotes the formation of clinoenstatite. Petrofabric studies of a sample of the hornfels reveal a strong preferred orientation of clinoenstatite-bearing enstatite grains that is unrelated to the fabric of the complete set of enstatite grains. This preferred orientation is well explained by supposing that the clinoenstatite was produced by shearing due to N-S compression. Local and regional geological features are also consistent with N-S compression. These results suggest that there is considerable potential for the application of stress-induced clinoenstatite as a geopiezometer in rocks.
Publication Title
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Recommended Citation
Frost, B.,
Coe, R.,
&
Okamura, F.
(1978).
Principal stress directions from a natural occurrence of stress-induced clinoenstatite.
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology,
67(2), 119-126.
http://doi.org/10.1007/BF01046570
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/4288
Publisher's Statement
© 1978 Springer-Verlag. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01046570