Alpine orogenic evolution from subduction to collisional thermal overprint: The 40Ar/39Ar age constraints from the Valaisan Ocean, central Alps
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Alpine orogenic evolution from subduction to collisional thermal overprint: The 40Ar/39Ar age constraints from the Valaisan Ocean, central Alps. / Wiederkehr, Michael; Sudo, Masafumi; Bousquet, Romain; Berger, Alfons; Schmid, Stefan.
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T1 - Alpine orogenic evolution from subduction to collisional thermal overprint: The 40Ar/39Ar age constraints from the Valaisan Ocean, central Alps
AU - Wiederkehr, Michael
AU - Sudo, Masafumi
AU - Bousquet, Romain
AU - Berger, Alfons
AU - Schmid, Stefan
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The investigated HP/LT metasedimentary unitsof the Valaisan and adjacent European domains occupya key position in the Alpine belt for understandingthe transition from early subduction-related HP/LTmetamorphism to collision-related Barrovian overprintand the evolution of mountain belts in general. Thetiming of high-pressure metamorphism, subsequentretrogression and following Barrow-type overprint wasstudied by 40Ar/39Ar dating of biotite and several whitemica generations that are well characterized in termsof mineral chemistry, texture and associated mineralassemblages. Four distinct age populations of whitemica record peak pressure conditions (42–40 Ma) andseveral stages of subsequent retrograde metamorphicevolution (36–25 Ma). Biotite isotopic analyses yieldconsistent apparent ages that cluster around 18–16 Ma forthe Barrow-type thermal overprint. The recorded isotopicdata reveal a significant time gap in the order of some20 Ma between subduction-related HP/LT metamorphismand collision-related Barrovian overprint, supporting thenotion of a polymetamorphic evolution associated witha bimodal P-T path
AB - The investigated HP/LT metasedimentary unitsof the Valaisan and adjacent European domains occupya key position in the Alpine belt for understandingthe transition from early subduction-related HP/LTmetamorphism to collision-related Barrovian overprintand the evolution of mountain belts in general. Thetiming of high-pressure metamorphism, subsequentretrogression and following Barrow-type overprint wasstudied by 40Ar/39Ar dating of biotite and several whitemica generations that are well characterized in termsof mineral chemistry, texture and associated mineralassemblages. Four distinct age populations of whitemica record peak pressure conditions (42–40 Ma) andseveral stages of subsequent retrograde metamorphicevolution (36–25 Ma). Biotite isotopic analyses yieldconsistent apparent ages that cluster around 18–16 Ma forthe Barrow-type thermal overprint. The recorded isotopicdata reveal a significant time gap in the order of some20 Ma between subduction-related HP/LT metamorphismand collision-related Barrovian overprint, supporting thenotion of a polymetamorphic evolution associated witha bimodal P-T path
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
JO - Tectonics
JF - Tectonics
SN - 0278-7407
IS - TC6009
ER -
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