Metamorphic evolution and P–T path of the Posada Valley amphibolites: new insights on the Variscan high pressure metamorphism in NE Sardinia, Italy
Massimo ScodinaFirst
Writing - Original Draft Preparation
;Gabriele Cruciani
Second
Writing - Original Draft Preparation
;Marcello FranceschelliLast
Writing - Original Draft Preparation
2021-01-01
Abstract
The Posada Valley amphibolites in the Inner Zone of Variscan Sardinia are characterized by garnet porphyroblasts containing epidote, titanite, K–feldspar, quartz, clinopyroxene, amphibole and plagioclase concentrated in the garnet core. The matrix is made up of amphibole and plagioclase and fine–grained clinopyroxene and plagioclase. The amphibolites recorded an HP stage, a metamorphic re–equilibration, and a third stage under greenschist facies. P–T conditions of stage I (530–650°C/0.9–1.3GPa for garnet core and 570–690°C/1.0–1.4GPa for garnet rim) were obtained by P–T pseudosection modelling. P–T conditions for stage 2 (T=600–700 °C/P=0.5–0.8 GPa) were obtained applying the same approach to the most retrogressed samples. The Posada Valley amphibolites underwent a cooler evolution, with a thermal peak lower than that recorded by the northernwards eclogites from the High–Grade Metamorphic Complex of Sardinia. The proposed geodynamic scenario starts with subduction of oceanic crust under the peri–Gondwanan terrane in Upper Devonian. The Posada Valley amphibolites were subducted up to maximum depths of 50 km. Subsequently they reached the subduction channel or were detached from the slab before the eclogite–facies conditions were reached.File | Size | Format | |
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