High-pressure, low-temperature metamorphism in Alpujarride Units of southeastern Betics (Spain)

Autor: Olivier Vidal, José Miguel Martínez-Martínez, Bruno Goffé, Guillermo Booth-Rea, José Miguel Azañón
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Comptes Rendus Geoscience. 334:857-865
ISSN: 1631-0713
DOI: 10.1016/s1631-0713(02)01787-x
Popis: We present the first occurrences of high-pressure, low-temperature ferro-magnesiocarpholite-bearing mineral assemblages associated to quartz segregations in the Alpujarride units of southeastern Betics (Sierra de Almagro, Sierra de los Pinos and Sierra Cabrera). Thermobarometric results show that the carpholite-bearing rocks underwent the same P – T conditions in the three outcrops, i.e. 8–10 kbar, 350–400 °C. Metamorphic and structural data allow us to conclude that these rocks belong to the same Alpujarride unit. In the Sierra de Almagro, tectonic units with carpholite-bearing rocks overlie low-pressure, low-temperature Alpujarride units, then forming a stack with an inverted tectono-metamorphic sequence, as observed in the central and western part of the Alpujarride complex. The preservation of carpholite-bearing assemblages in these rocks implies that no significant temperature increase occurred during the exhumation history. To cite this article: G. Booth-Rea et al., C. R. Geoscience 334 (2002) 857–865.
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