Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan Vol.50 No.10 (1999)

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Microphotographs of the basic granulite from the Main Zone of the Hidaka metamorphic belt, Hokkaido (left: plain polarized light; right: crossed polarized light)

The basic granulites occur along the western margin of a gabbroic body in the northern part of the metamorphic belt, and they show similarities in chemistry to normal mid-ocean ridge basalts. The rock in the photographs contains plagioclase, brown hornblende, orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene, and it is relatively coarse-grained and rich in pyroxenes. Pyroxenes often occur in contact with plagioclase crystals. The vertical length is about 2.6mm. [See Mikoshiba (Ujiie) in this issue. Sample No. 92100307.]

(Photoed by Masumi UJIIE MIKOSHIBA)

Table of Contents

Title	Author	PDF
Chemical characteristics of basic metamorphic rocks from the Main Zone of the Hidaka metamorphic belt, Hokkaido: an affinity to mid-ocean ridge basalts	Masumi MIKOSHIBA (UJIIE) (613-634)	50-10_01.pdf(3,157KB)
Subsurface temperature profiles in the Nobi Plain, central Japan	Youhei UCHIDA and Yasuo SAKURA (635-659)	50-10_02.pdf(1,974KB)
Ilmenite-series and magnetite-series classfications of the Yanshanian granitoids of South China	Shunso ISHIHARA and Ping-an WANG (661-670)	50-10_03.pdf(2,012KB)