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Stephen A. Kish
Figure 1. Distribution of Late Paleozoic Plutons in the Eastern Piedmont of the Southern Appalachians.
Ruled pattern: Low grade metamorphic rocks, primarily Carolina slate belt. Large stippled pattern: Undeformed late Paleozoic plutons
(including nos. 7 and 8). Small stippled pattern: Locally deformed late Paleozoic plutons (including no. 1). Black: Deformed late
Paleozoic plutons (including nos. 2,3,4,5, and 6). Dashed line: Faults. NCF-Nutbush Creek Fault. Dotted line: Coastal Plain-Piedmont
contact. KB-Kiokee belt. RB-Raleigh belt. Tr-Triassic basins. CB-Charlotte belt. KM-Kings Mountain belt. IP-Inner Piedmont.
Information regarding numbered plutons is given in Table 1.
belts are characterized by being fault-bounded and by being
at higher metamorphic grade than adjacent areas.
As the Kiokee belt passed into Georgia, the intensity of
tectonic activity appears to decrease. The Sparta complex
(Figure 1, no. 8) is undeformed. A biotite from this complex
has a K-Ar age (Kulp and Eckelmann, 1961) which is nearly
concordant with the Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron age suggesting
that this granite was emplaced into relatively cold country
rock and is post-metamorphic.
Late Paleozoic plutons of the Raleigh belt are foliated
only along the margin of the belt (Figure 1), possibly where
they are adjacent to the Nutbush Creek fault. Since the character
and extent of this fault zone is uncertain (J. M. Parker,
III, 1977 pers. comm.) the exact nature of late Paleozoic
deformation in this area must await more detailed mapping
and structural analysis.
plutons in the Piedmont of the southeastern Appalachians: submitted
for publication.
Julian, E. L., The Castalia adamellite in Franklin and Nash counties,
North Carolina, and the petrogenesis of some associated
aplites and pegmatites (M. S. thesis), North Carolina State
Univ., 61 p.
Kulp, J. L., and Eckelmann, 1961, Potassium-argon ages on micas
from the southern Appalachians: N.Y. Acad. Sci. Ann., v. 91, p.
418-419.
Kish, S. A., Fullagar, P. D., Snoke, A. W., and Secor, D. T., Jr.,
1978, The Kiokee belt of South Carolina (Part I): Evidence for
late Paleozoic deformation and metamorphism in the southern
Appalachian Piedmont: Geol. Soc. America Abs. with Programs,
v. 10. p. 172.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
These studies were supported by NSF Grants DES73-
06495-A01 and EAR77-23277 and the South Carolina Geological
Survey.
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