The current configuration of the Alpujarride complex (Befic Orogen) comprises a stack of thinned tectonic units, made up mainly of continental crest. P T path modelling in different levels of an Alpujarride unit (the Salobrefia tectonic unit) reveals a high-pressure metamorphic stage followed by subsequent decompression at nearly isothermal conditions. Nevertheless, the P T conditions differ fr...

Metamorphism associated with orogenesis provides a mineral record that may be inverted to yield ambient apparent thermal gradients. On modern Earth, tectonic settings with lower thermal gradients are characteristic of subduction zones whereas those with higher thermal gradients are characteristic of backarcs and orogenic hinterlands. The duality of thermal environments reflects the asymmetry of...

Spectroscopic evidence of the thermally induced generation of multifunctional mesoporous materials through metamorphism within the pore walls of ethenylene-bridged PMOs is presented.

Metamorphic index mineral zones, pressure– temperature (P–T) conditions, and CO2–H2O fluid compositions were determined for metacarbonate layers within the Wepawaug Schist, Connecticut, USA. Peak metamorphic conditions were attained in the Acadian orogeny and increase from 420 C and 6.5 kb in the low-grade greenschist facies to 610 C and 9.5 kb in the amphibolite facies. The index minerals olig...

The Svärdsjö Zn-Pb-Cu deposit is situated in the heavily mineralised Bergslagen lithotectonic unit of Fennoscandian shield, south-central Sweden. Intense hydrothermal alteration followed by a strong overprint deformation and metamorphism during Svecokarelian orogeny complicate interpretation local geology. Integration whole-rock lithogeochemical petrographic methods has allowed mainly dacitic v...

Major, minor, and trace element geochemistry as well iron oxidation state isotopes were investigated in serpentinites olivine-talc fels present along a metamorphic gradient the Bergell contact aureole (Central European Alps) to evaluate mobility during serpentine. This is an ideal target study dehydration of mantle rocks due increase temperature from greenschist facies conditions (350°C) amphib...

Massif-type anorthosite and comagmatic associations of rutile-bearing ilmenitite (RBI) oxide-apatite-rich amphibolite (OARA) from the Chiapas Massif Complex (CMC) in southeastern Mexico display a protracted billion-year accessory mineral record encompassing magmatic crystallization at c. 1.0 Ga to recent ductile shear deformation 3.0 Ma. Multiple discrete zircon populations between these age en...

The metamorphic reworking of mineralized pegmatites during orogenesis remains unclear, making the genesis and tectonomagmatic significance pegmatite mineralization obscure. This study demonstrates multiple utilities titanite geochemistry in establishing Caledonian evolution world’s largest intra-plutonic Nb-Y-F Paleoproterozoic host rocks Tysfjord, Northern Norway. A combination titanite-specif...

Greenschist facies metabasite (chlorite schist) and metasediments (banded iron formation (BIF)) in the Wutai Complex, North China Craton recorded extensive fluid activities during subduction-related metamorphism. The pervasive dolomitization chlorite schist significant dolomite enrichment at BIF–chlorite interface support existence of highly channelized updip transportation CO2-rich hydrotherma...