Fabric Code: tpr341b

Sigatoka quartzose B

Local, dissected orogen temper.

Sites:

Mineral and Rock Abundances

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%

Name Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ SpinelIg./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics/ Region
Max 0 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic
Min 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 Fiji

Representative slides:

Slide Site Possible OriginCal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
WD_59_12 Sigatoka (Viti Levu) Sigatoka 0 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic
WD_59_21 Sigatoka (Viti Levu) Sigatoka 0 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 microlitic, microphaneritic, argillitic, silstone, chert, quartzite, felsitic

WD_59_12

Sigatoka_14A_8 Sigatoka_14A_8
Sherd 14A-8 from Sigatoka (Viti Levu). Slide WD_59_12 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sigatoka quartzose B.


WD_59_21

Sigatoka_14A_18 Sigatoka_14A_18
Sherd 14A-18 from Sigatoka (Viti Levu). Slide WD_59_21 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image (user: Guest pwd: Guest) or full slide in VIMIPO. Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sigatoka quartzose B.


References:

190 Dissected orogen tempers, Viti Levu, Fiji 1999 (Dickinson, W.)