P-T path determinations in the Tormes Gneissic Dome, NW Iberian Massif, Spain |
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| Authors: | J ESCUDER VIRUETE A INDARES & R ARENAS |
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| Institution: | Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain (email:;), Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada A1B 3X5 |
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| Abstract: | The Tormes Gneissic Dome (TGD, NW sector of the Iberian Massif, Spain) is a high-grade metamorphic complex affected by a major episode of extensional deformation (D2). The syn-D2 P–T path of the Lower Unit of the TGD was deduced from the analysis of reaction textures related to superimposed fabrics developed during exhumation, analysis of mineral zoning and thermobarometric calculations. It comprises an initial phase of decompression, determined using the tweequ thermobarometric technique, from 6.4–8.1 kbar at 735–750 °C (upper structural levels) and 7.2 kbar at 770 °C (lower structural levels) to 3.3–3.9 kbar and 645–680 °C. This evolution is consistent with the observed sequence of melting reactions and the generation of garnet- and cordierite-bearing anatectic granitoids. The later part of the syn-D2 P–T path consisted of almost isobaric cooling associated with the thermal re-equilibration of the unit in the new structural position. This segment of the P–T path is recorded by assemblages with And +Bt+Ms and Ms+ Chl +Ab related to the later mylonitic S2 fabrics, which indicate retrogression to low-amphibolite and greenschist facies conditions. |
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| Keywords: | crustal extension garnet zoning high-temperature decompression Iberian Massif melting metapelite P–T path |
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