A reappraisal of chloritoid-bearing phyllites in the Forland Complex rocks

• Main Authors: Of Prins Karls Forl, G. M. Maybv
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Peachflya; Prins Karls Forland; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.614.5336; http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_47/47-344-311.pdf

ABSTRACT. In the Forland Complex chloritoid is re-stricted to the grey and green phyllites which characterize the Scotia and Peachflya groups. The textures and compositions ofthe rocks and constituent minerals are described and discussed in an attempt o assess how metamorphism, deformation, and chemistry have in-fluenced the stability of chloritoid. THE Scotia and Peachflya groups of the Forland Complex, Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard (fig. 1) are characterized by the presence of chloritoid phyl-lites. The Forland Complex (Harland et al., 1979) which consists of Late Precambrian to Early Palaeozoic rocks has been subjected to low grade Caledonian (sensu lato) metamorphism and deformation (D 1) followed by higher level refolding