7 Structural and Metamorphic Geology (Posters)
Thursday, 27 March 2003
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
BEDROCK MAP AND GEOLOGY OF THE WEEKS MILLS QUADRANGLE, EAST-CENTRAL MAINE
Paper number: 7-4
Program: ORAL AND POSTER GENERAL SESSIONS
Time: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Authors
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L.C. FernandesCastleton State College, Castleton, VT
Abstract
Two phases of folding are recognized. The first produced isoclinal folds with shallowly plunging, northeast-trending fold axes. These are overprinted by Z-folds with variably plunging, north-trending axes. Dextral shear indicators are prevalent throughout the area and are associated with formation of the mylonite which forms part of the high strain zone of the Norumbega fault.
Sillimanite is found sporadically in rocks northwest of the mylonite, while andalusite is abundant in rocks to the southeast, suggesting post-peak movement along the Norumbega fault. Schists in the Sandy Pond Formation contain an earlier staurolite + kyanite assemblage which is clearly overprinted by a later cordierite + sillimanite assemblage.