Table T3. Checklist used for spreadsheet com-ments associated with each structural identifier.
The following is a checklist of structural characteristics that were searched for in macroscopic core samples. These characteristics supplement the information required by the spreadsheet and were noted in the comments section of the spreadsheet. The abbreviations for these features were used to document crosscutting relationships (where > indicates "older than") on the structure section of the VCDs. |
Subhorizontal microcracks (Shm) |
Drilling-induced fractures |
Join ts (J) |
Joint density |
Orientation |
Plume structures on joint surface |
Veins (V) |
Orientation of veins and vein-array boundaries |
Magnitude and nature of offset |
Density of vein network |
Array characteristics |
Sense of shear |
Angle between new vein segments and array boundary (measure of array dilatation) |
Internal structure of fibers |
Crack-seal structures and number of vein-opening events |
Wall-rock alteration and shape |
Vein terminations (splayed or tapered) |
Vein mineralogy |
Faults (F) |
Fault-zone thickness, orientation and density |
Movement sense (r,n,d,s), reverse, normal, dextral sinistral |
Intensity of cataclastic fabric (Cf) |
Matrix material (gouge or secondary minerals) |
Overprinting of pre-existing fabric |
Semi-brittle |
Breccias (B) |
Hydrothermal (Bh), magmatic (Bm) or cataclastic (Bc) |
Clast size and shape, matrix composition, relative proportions |
Cleavages (C) |
Style of cleavage (e.g., crenulation [Cc], spaced [Cs]) |
Spacing or wavelength |
Angle between cleavage and earlier fabrics, noting directions of larger-scale fold closures |
Folds (Fo) |
Inter-limb angle |
Estimate of hinge curvature (e.g., kink vs. round) |
Asymmetry of hingeline relative to other fabrics (e.g., stretching lineations, etc.) |
other geometrical aspects preserved in core (e.g., wavelength, amplitude, etc.) |
Number of folds, if more than one |
Crystal-Plastic Fabrics (Pf) |
Intensity of fabric |
Intensity of fabric in retrograde assemblage |
Orientation of foliation (Sp) and lineation (Lp) |
L-, LS- and S-tectonite |
Shear sense indicators: block-rotated porphyroclasts, asymmetric augen, SC fabrics, discrete shear bands, mica-fish, and tension-gash arrays (r,n,d,s), reverse, normal, dextral sinistral |
Mineralogical segregation or banding |
Magmatic Fabrics (Mf) |
Intensity and orientation of foliations (Sm) and lineations (Lm) |
Minerals that define the shape and/or crystallographic preferred orientations |
Angle between crystallographic and shape fabrics |
Orientation of subfabrics |
Compositional Layering (Cl)/Gradational Boundaries (Gb) |
Type of layering (e.g., sedimentary, igneous cumulate, alteration, etc.) |
Orientation, thickness, and density of layers |
Igneous Contacts (Ic) |
Orientation and density |
Concordant or discordant |
Crosscutting Relationships |
Intrusive relationships, relative chronology of the different fabrics |
Angle between compositional layering and magmatic or crystal-plastic fabric |