Eclogitization of the Monviso ophiolite (W. Alps) and implications on subduction dynamics

Journal of Metamorphic Geology - Tập 30 Số 1 - Trang 37-61 - 2012
Samuel Angiboust1, Ryan Langdon2, Philippe Agard1, David J. Waters2, Christian Chopin3
1ISTEP, Université Paris 6-UPMC, UMR CNRS 7193, F-75005 Paris, France #R##N#([email protected])
2Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, UK
3Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR CNRS 8538, F‐75005, Paris, France

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AbstractTo constrain deep (40–100 km) subduction dynamics, extensive P–T data are provided on the eclogitic Monviso ophiolite derived from the subducted Liguro‐Piemontese oceanic lithosphere (which was exhumed, together with associated continental units, before the Alpine collision). The Monviso ophiolite has so far been interpreted either as a fossilized subduction channel, with tectonic blocks detached from the slab at different depths and gathered in a weak serpentinized matrix, or as a more or less continuous portion of oceanic lithosphere. To evaluate potential heterogeneities within and between the various subunits, extensive sampling was undertaken on metasedimentary rocks and Fe–Ti metagabbros. The results indicate that the Monviso ophiolite comprises two main coherent tectonic subunits (the Monviso and Lago Superiore Units) detached during subduction at different depths and later juxtaposed at epidote–blueschist facies during exhumation along the subduction interface. Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material suggests (i) a difference in peak temperature of ∼50 °C between these two subunits and (ii) a good temperature homogeneity within each subunit. Pseudosections and average P–T estimates using thermocalc in the Lago Superiore Unit suggest for the first time homogeneous HP to UHP conditions (∼550 °C, 26–27 kbar). Parageneses, peak conditions and tectonic setting are very similar to those of the Zermatt‐Saas ophiolite, 200 km northwards, thus suggesting a common detachment mechanism for the whole Western Alpine belt.

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Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Tập 30 Số 1

37-61

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