Thermal Structure of Shear Zones from Ti‐in‐Quartz Thermometry of Mylonites

• Main Authors: Wolfowicz, Andrea M., Kohn, Matthew J., Northrup, Clyde J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks 2016
• Subjects: TitaniQ (or Ti-in-quartz); thermometry; channel flow; critical taper; mylonite; Earth Sciences; Geophysics and Seismology; Narvik
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/geo_facpubs/430; https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118844953.ch7

The titanium‐in‐quartz (TitaniQ) thermobarometer was applied to ductilely sheared rocks (mylonites) from the Narvik region of the northern Scandinavian Caledonides, c. 68°N latitude, to evaluate TitanitQ's potential to re‐equilibrate during shearing and discriminate among competing models of or...