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Tension Gashes Explore The Structural Deformation of Mineralized Shear Zone at Wadi Belih, Northern Eastern Desert, Egypt

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Tags

Chemistry, Chemical engineering
Mining

Abstract

The sigmoidal tension gashes are very important markers in the determination of deformation, which affected W. Belih area. They are markers for the determination of shear zone type (brittle shear zone). In addition, the tension gashes are used as strain markers for assessing strain localization in shear zones. The shear plane in association with its tension gashes determines the stress axes responsible for the formation of this tensile shear zone. W. Belih uranium mineralization in the area under consideration (G-V occurrence) is located along a tectonic shear contact zone between the Hammamat sedimentary rocks and younger Gattarian granites. The detailed structural analysis for this shear zone by using tension gashes indicated that the shear zone in association with its tension gashes gives an extension regime from NW-SE direction; this extension force is the main extensional force affecting the G-V mineralized shear zone and is responsible for distribution and localization of secondary uranium minerals along the contact shear zone. In addition, the strain analysis from a given tension gashes array indicates that the rate of dilatation relative to boundary-parallel shear is greatest as the finite strain is low (γ = 0.27), so that space is created rapidly for the precipitation of minerals.

DOI

10.21608/tims.2022.208824

Keywords

Shear zone, Sigmoidal tension gashes, Structural analysis and G. Gattar area

Authors

First Name

Anton

Last Name

Waheeb

MiddleName

G

Affiliation

Subsurface Geology Department, Nuclear Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El Maadi, Cairo, Egypt‎.

Email

anton_oon@yahoo.com

City

cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-5058-2908

Volume

110

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

29398

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-12-11

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

42

Page End

55

Print ISSN

1110-2519

Online ISSN

2805-2625

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https://tims.journals.ekb.eg/article_208824.html

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https://tims.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=208824

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208,824

Type

Original research papers

Type Code

2,069

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Bulletin Tabbin Institute for Metallurgical Studies (TIMS)

Publication Link

https://tims.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Tension Gashes Explore The Structural Deformation of Mineralized Shear Zone at Wadi Belih, Northern Eastern Desert, Egypt

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Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023