Abstract IODP Expedition 357 drilled 17 shallow sites scattered over ~ 10 km in the west to east spreading direction across Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex (OCC, MAR, 30 ºN). Mantle exposed footwall of Atlantic OCC is nearly wholly serpentinized (80–100%) harzburgite and subordinate dunite. A recent whole-rock chemistry study by Whattam et al. (Chemical Geology 594. 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021....

It is well established that the major and minor element contents of chromites are subject to change during greenschist amphibolite facies metamorphism. During upper metamorphism, chromite can be completely converted chrome magnetite. However, not all elements affected same degree, concentrations +2 ions (e.g. Zn, Co, Mn) being particularly vulnerable modification. The degree which trace element...

The accuracy, reliability and best practises of Tiin-quartz thermobarometry (TitaniQ) in greenschist facies rocks have not been established. To address these issues, we measured Ti concentrations in rutile-bearing samples of moderately deformed, partially recrystallized quartzite and vein quartz from the Hsüehshan range, Taiwan. The spread of Ti concentrations of recrystallized grains in quartz...

New Ar-Ar muscovite and Rb-Sr biotite age data in combination with structural analyses from the Apuseni Mountains provide new constraints on the timing and kinematics of deformation during the Cretaceous. Time-temperature paths from the structurally highest basement nappe of the Apuseni Mountains in combination with sedimentary data indicate exhumation and a position close to the surface after ...

The Japanese ASTER sensor on board the US Terra satellite was launched in December 1999 to establish a spaceborne capability for high spatial, multispectral visible-shortwave infrared and thermal infrared remote sensing data mapping of the Earth’s environment. The Mt Fitton test site in South Australia was chosen to test the ability of the ASTER instrument for geological mapping having been pre...

We describe the structure, microstructures, texture and paleopiezometry of quartz-rich phyllites and marbles along N-trending Moutsounas shear zone at the eastern margin of the Naxos metamorphic core complex (MCC). Fabrics consistently indicate a top-to-the-NNE non-coaxial shear and formed during the main stage of updoming and exhumation between ca. 14 and 11 Ma of the Naxos MCC. The main stage...