The Origin of Spots in Contact Aureoles and Over-Heating of Country Rock Next to a Dyke

Abstract

Petrographic comparison of andalusite in the contact aureole of the Fangshan pluton, Zhoukoudian, Beijing, China, and hornfels in the aureole of the Markfield diorite, Leicestershire, England, shows that spots characteristic of the outer zones of contact metamorphic aureoles did not form during the progressive stage of contact metamorphism, but are pseudomorphs after earlier andalusite with characteristic chiastolite microstructure. The baked margin produced by contact metamorphism of syenite against a dyke in the Houshihushan ring complex, Shanhaiguan, Hebei Province, China, is an unusual feature caused by the dyke’s role as a feeder to a family of cone-sheets.

Keywords

contact metamorphism / contact aureole / retrogression / hornfels / spots / Zhoukoudian / Houshihushan

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