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GANSSLOSER, MARTIN (1999) Detrital chromian spinels in Rhenohercynian greywackes and sandstones (Givetian–Visean, Variscides, Germany) as indicators of ultramafic source rocks. Geological Magazine, 136 (4) 437-451 doi:10.1017/s0016756899002770

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TitleDetrital chromian spinels in Rhenohercynian greywackes and sandstones (Givetian–Visean, Variscides, Germany) as indicators of ultramafic source rocks
JournalGeological Magazine
AuthorsGANSSLOSER, MARTINAuthor
Year1999 (July)Volume136
Issue4
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
DOIdoi:10.1017/s0016756899002770Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceGANSSLOSER, MARTIN (1999) Detrital chromian spinels in Rhenohercynian greywackes and sandstones (Givetian–Visean, Variscides, Germany) as indicators of ultramafic source rocks. Geological Magazine, 136 (4) 437-451 doi:10.1017/s0016756899002770
Plain TextGANSSLOSER, MARTIN (1999) Detrital chromian spinels in Rhenohercynian greywackes and sandstones (Givetian–Visean, Variscides, Germany) as indicators of ultramafic source rocks. Geological Magazine, 136 (4) 437-451 doi:10.1017/s0016756899002770
In(1999, July) Geological Magazine Vol. 136 (4) Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Abstract/NotesMore than 75% of heavy mineral spectra of Rhenohercynian greywackes from the Harz
Mountains (Famennian–Visean), the Werra greywacke (Frasnian–Famennian) and the Rhenish Slate
Mountains (Frasnian–Visean) contain small amounts of detrital chromian spinels. Similar grains have
also been proven in sandstones of the Givetian Stiege beds (East Harz nappe). These sandstones are
derived from the area of the Mid German Crystalline Rise, which is commonly interpreted as the
source area of the Rhenohercynian greywackes. Microprobe analyses have revealed mainly a picotite
composition. Presumable source rocks were chiefly Alpine-type peridotites. Due to the onset of spinel
sedimentation in Givetian times, these peridotites must be at least partly of pre-Givetian age, and are
assumed to be linked to Cadomian subduction. Potential source rocks are not exposed in the present
outcrops of the Mid German Crystalline Rise nor in the Rhenohercynian zone or the Northern
Phyllite zone, which implies that the presumed mafic to ultramafic lithologies were completely eroded
and/or downfaulted during later stages of the Variscan orogeny.


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