Apatite minerals of I-type Zouzan granitoids and typical garnet-bearing S-type granites have been analyzed by electron microprobe to define trace element concentrations and compare them in different granites. Zouzan granites are composed of apatites with lower Fe, Mn, Na and HREE and higher REE and ∑REE relative to S-type ones. Trace elements abundances of apatite often vary with some parameter...

The Cardenchosa pluton is a Lower Carboniferous Variscan granite located in the southwestern Iberian Massif. It intruded along the contact between the Sierra Albarrana and Azuaga tectonic units. To the northwest the pluton connects with the leftlateral Azuaga fault. The pluton appears in the footwall of the low-angle normal Casa del Cafe fault, which crops out to the west of the granite. Gravi...

[1] Paleomagnetic studies of the 91 Ma Ecstall pluton and other Cretaceous plutons of British Columbia imply large northward tectonic movements (>2000 km) may have occurred during the tectonic evolution of western North America. However, more recent studies have shown that the eastern edge of the Ecstall pluton experienced considerable mineralogical changes as younger Eocene plutons, such as th...

Melissococcus pluton is the causative agent of European foulbrood, a disease of honeybee larvae. This bacterium is particularly difficult to isolate because of its stringent growth requirements and competition from other bacteria. PCR was used selectively to amplify specific rRNA gene sequences of M. pluton from pure culture, from crude cell lysates, and directly from infected bee larvae. The P...

Although the quest for Earth's oldest rock is of great importance, identifying the youngest exposed pluton on Earth is also of interest. A pluton is a body of intrusive igneous rock that crystallized from slowly cooling magma at depths of several kilometers beneath the surface of the Earth. Therefore, the youngest exposed pluton represents the most recent tectonic uplift and highest exhumation....

There are two reservoirs with different temperature and permeability in the Kakkonda hydrothermal system. The shallow reservoir is permeable and 230 to 2 6 0 T , while the deep reservoir is less permeable and 350 to 3 6 0 T . However, they are hydraulically connected each other. Recent drilling of deep wells revealed existence of PreTertiary formation below Tertiary formations and neogranitic p...

Five granitic rocks, concentrically disposed from core to rim, were distinguished in the Castelo Branco pluton. U-Pb-Th electron microprobe monazite ages from granitic rocks are similar and ranging between 297-303 Ma. The granitic rocks from Castelo Branco pluton are 310 ± 1 Ma old, obtained by U-Pb (ID-TIMS) in separated zircon and monazite crystals, indicating a similar emplacement age for al...

The Rugged Mountain intrusion is a small (14 km% zoned alkaline pluton located in northwestern British Columbia, 25 kilometres southwest of Telegraph Creek (Brown eta/., lYY2;r. h). The pluton is exposed on the north side of Shakes Creek, a southeasterly flowing tributary of the Stikine River and on the south flank of Rugged Mountain from which it takes its name. The Rugged Mountain pluton was ...

The emplacement of the Mesoproterozoic Götemar Pluton into Paleoproterozoic granitoid host rocks of the Transscandinavian Igneous Belt is re-examined by microfabric analysis, including cathodoluminescence microscopy. Field data on the pluton-host rock system are used to strengthen the model. The Götemar Pluton, situated on the Baltic Shield of SE Sweden, is a horizontally zoned tabular structur...

The Wooley Creek batholith and Slinkard pluton are adjacent plutons with identical U-Pb zircon ages of 161 +4/-2 Ma. The plutons dip toward each other, which suggests that they are connected in the subsurface. Geologic and thermochemical evidence shows that the Slinkard pluton is the structurally lowest part of the system and the Wooley Creek batholith the structurally highest, with a total str...