Fluid flow in the Sicilian accretionary wedge: Primary geochemical signatures or recrystallization mask |
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| Authors: | B Dewever R Swennen M Cooreman |
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| Institution: | Afdeling fysico chemische geologie, Celestijnenlaan 200C, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Veins in the Sicilian accretionary wedge were studied petrographically and geochemically with the aim to investigate the relation between fluid flow in a décollement horizon and in overlying Mesozoic basinal sediments. Fluids expelled along the décollement horizon precipitated calcite cements that show a broad spread in stable isotope signatures and that generally have rather high Fe and Mn content. The fluids most likely originated from mixing of hot deep metamorphic fluids and dewatering of the clay unit along which the principal overthrusting occurred.Synkinematic veins in the overlying basinal units are cemented with calcite. The trace element content and δ13C signatures of these veins are host-rock dependent, pointing to a host-rock buffering effect. Petrographic observations indicate that calcite cements have been recrystallized. Thus the cements could have inherited their geochemical signatures from the host-rock during recrystallization. This is also supported by their δ18O signature, which is controlled by temperature fractionation. |
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| Keywords: | Fluid flow Geochemistry Sicilian accretionary wedge Recrystallization |
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