The Occurrence of Chloritoid in the Hecla Hoek Formation of Prince Charles Foreland, Spitsbergen

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Author: Atkinson, D. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1956
• Subjects: Geology; Hoek; Prince Charles Foreland; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800063731; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800063731

Abstract In the Hecla Hoek rocks of Prince Charles Foreland, field evidence indicates that chloritoid has developed only where conditions of extreme stress have affected pelitic rocks of a certain type. Microscopic examination confirms that many of the chloritoid-bearing rocks are extremely strained, and demonstrates that growth of the mineral was contemporaneous with movement. The distribution of chloritoid is in complete discordance with the pattern of regional metamorphism.