Implications of New Geological Mapping and U‐Pb Zircon Dating for the Barrovian Tectono‐Metamorphic Evolution of the Lepontine Dome (Central European Alps)

Tagliaferri, Alessia; Schenker, Filippo; Ulianov, Alexey; Maino, M.; Schmalholz, Stefan M.

doi:10.1029/2022gc010772

Geochem Geophys Geosyst

2023

DOI: 10.1029/2022gc010772

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Implications of New Geological Mapping and U‐Pb Zircon Dating for the Barrovian Tectono‐Metamorphic Evolution of the Lepontine Dome (Central European Alps)

Alessia Tagliaferri

Filippo Schenker

Alexey Ulianov

et al.

Abstract: Barrovian metamorphism is characterized by a sequence of mineral assemblages associated with increasing metamorphic conditions, from chlorite through biotite, garnet, staurolite, kyanite to sillimanite-bearing

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Monazite and zircon U–(Th–)Pb dating reveals multiple episodes of HT metamorphism in the Cima Lunga unit (Central Alps): implications for the exhumation of high‐pressure rocks

Corvò,

Maino,

Langone

et al. 2024

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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High- to ultrahigh-pressure (HP–UHP) rocks recording high-temperature (HT) > 700 °C are well exposed in the Central Alps, making it an ideal region to study the timing of metamorphic stages and the mechanisms of deep-seated rocks exhumation. Here, we report an integrated dataset of petrological and U–(Th–)Pb dating of metapelites surrounding ultramafic lenses from the Cima Lunga unit. At the interface with ultramafics preserving (U)HP–HT assemblages (1.5–3.1 GPa, 650–850 °C), metapelites record higher P‒T values (1.3–2.7 GPa, 700–850 °C) and traces of partial melting, whereas the rest of the unit is dominated by amphibolite-facies conditions. U–Th–Pb dating on zircon and monazite from migmatites indicates that partial melting was episodic involving at least two stages at ~38 to 35 Ma and 33–30 Ma, respectively. While the 38–35 Ma stage matches the HP conditions (> 1.5 GPa) and it is recorded around only one lens with scarce volumes of melt, partial melting at 33–30 Ma is witnessed at lower pressure (~1 GPa) and more widely distributed around the lenses, as within the major shear zones. Far from the ultramafics, zircon from the amphibolite-facies metasedimentary rocks record inherited pre-Variscan ages, while monazite ages at ~22 Ma document mineral growth during the Barrovian cooling. Field and petro-chronological evidence highlight that multiple episodes of partial melting locally developed at the rheological interface promoted by the interplay of fluids extracted from the ultramafic lenses associated with shear heating. New evidence suggests that local variation of P‒T equilibria play a significant role during the exhumation history. Graphical Abstract

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Monazite and zircon U–(Th–)Pb dating reveals multiple episodes of HT metamorphism in the Cima Lunga unit (Central Alps): implications for the exhumation of high‐pressure rocks

Corvò,

Maino,

Langone

et al. 2024

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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Implications of New Geological Mapping and U‐Pb Zircon Dating for the Barrovian Tectono‐Metamorphic Evolution of the Lepontine Dome (Central European Alps)

Abstract: Barrovian metamorphism is characterized by a sequence of mineral assemblages associated with increasing metamorphic conditions, from chlorite through biotite, garnet, staurolite, kyanite to sillimanite-bearing

Cited by 1 publication

References 146 publications

Monazite and zircon U–(Th–)Pb dating reveals multiple episodes of HT metamorphism in the Cima Lunga unit (Central Alps): implications for the exhumation of high‐pressure rocks

Monazite and zircon U–(Th–)Pb dating reveals multiple episodes of HT metamorphism in the Cima Lunga unit (Central Alps): implications for the exhumation of high‐pressure rocks

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