Tectono-metamorphic map of the Mont Morion Permian metaintrusives (Mont Morion—Mont Collon—Matterhorn Complex, Dent Blanche Unit), Valpelline—Western Italian Alps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16840258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manuel Roda (0000-0002-5446-6434, University of Milan), Michele Zucali (0000-0003-3600-7856, University of Milan) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 519-535 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Maps (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-5647 • E-ISSN: 1744-5647 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4113/jom.2011.1194 |
| OpenAlex | W1965171705 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Please click here to download the map associated with this article. The presented map displays the structural and metamorphic evolution of lithotypes from pre-Permian to present. We distinguish pre-Permian rocks (e.g., amphibolite, biotite-bearing gneiss and acid granulite) preserved as roof pendants (i.e., xenoliths) within Permian intrusives. Permian intrusives and hosted xenoliths are then re-equilibrated during Alpine evolution, producing coronitic to mylonitic metaintrusives, due to meter to kilometer-scale fabric gradients, and associated white mica-, glaucophane-bearing gneiss. The map also shows the traces of the superimposed foliations and the fold axial planes. The traces are distinguished on the basis of their relative chronology and mineralogical support. This information, reported on a single map, allows us to reconstruct the successive stages of this fragment belonging to the African plate continental crust, from the pre-Alpine extension, recorded by granulite- to amphibolite-facies xenolits, to the Permian intrusive phase (e.g., Mont Morion, Mont Collon and Matterhorn intrusives) lasting with the Alpine subduction-collision related evolution. The Mont Morion, part of the Mont Morion-Mont Collon-Matterhorn Complex of the Dent Blanche unit, may be interpreted as a multi-stadial Alpine km-scale shear zone, where Permian intrusive rocks are transformed into white mica chlorite-bearing or glaucophane-bearing gneisses along high-strain horizons (100 m-thick), while within low-strain cores (100- to 1000 m-thick), meta-intrusives preserve igneous features and xenoliths of amphibolites, acid granulites and biotite-bearing gneisses. In this paper, an outcrop tectono-metamorphic map (1:10,000 scale) is presented, based upon fieldwork at 1:5,000 together with an interpretative map (1:15,000 scale), in which three dimensional relationships are described, and micro- to mesoscopic fabric types are shown, corresponding to finite strain states recorded by rocks
Continental crust · Crust · Facies · Geochemistry · Gneiss · Granulite · Metamorphic facies · Metamorphic rock · Outcrop · Permian · Geological and Geochemical Analysis · Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide · Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils · Geology · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2016 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |