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Figure F60. Two-stage evolutionary tectonic model for the postmagmatic brittle structures observed in the dolerite intrusion (Section 180-1109D-47R-2). 1. Diagram illustrating the crosscutting relationships between successive generations of filled veins emplaced under horizontal tensile conditions (split core surface); V2, V3 = young master vertical veins (cristobalite, smectite, and chlorite) at right angles to 3; V1 = early shallow greigite-filled veins. Note evidence for horizontal shearing (S) along shallow V2-type veins that also act as transfer structures (T) for earlier V1 veinlets. Overlapping zone (O) between two greigite-filled veinlets. 2. Geometry of later extensional faulting as deduced from Figure F59 A and B. Note that the two successive events (emplacement of veins and faulting) are both consistent with almost horizontal extension. Symbols: = downward motion; = upward motion.

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