Petrology of low-grade high-pressure metapelites from the External Hellenides (Crete, Peloponnese); a case study with attention to sodic minerals
Petrology of low-grade high-pressure metapelites from the External Hellenides (Crete, Peloponnese); a case study with attention to sodic minerals
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DOI:
10.1127/ejm/3/2/0343
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发表时间:
1991-04
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2.1
通讯作者:
T. Theye;E. Seidel
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作者:
T. Theye;E. Seidel
In the Phyllite-Quartzite Unit of the External Hellenides regional differences in the mineralogical compositions of equivalent rocks indicate a gradation in PT conditions of metamorphism from E-Crete via W-Crete to the Peloponnese.In metasediments of Eastern and Central Crete, sodic minerals appear in rather monotonous assemblages, ie albite-I-chlorite and paragonite+ chlorite. For this region, the estimated P and T are about 300-350 C, 8-10 kbar, based on parageneses with carpholite, chloritoid or sudoite. Passing to W-Crete (400±50 C, 10±3 kbar, using chloritoid-carpholite assemblages), paragonite+ chlorite is still present in widespread chloritoid schists, and blue amphiboles (as pseudomorphs) have been observed in paragonite-bearing metasediments. A greater variety of mineral parageneses has been observed in the Peloponnese, where chlorite+ paragonite in chloritoid schists and blue amphibole+ paragonite in glaucophane schists are widespread. Paragonite-bearing chloritoid-glaucophane schists also occur, which in some cases contain additional sodic pyroxene, or locally garnet. For the Peloponnese, application of thermodynamic data of Holland & Powell (1990) to constrain P and T of metamorphism yields 450±30 C and 17±4 kbar. Whole-rock and mineral analyses demonstrate the importance of compositional parameters, besides P and T, on the development of a specific mineral paragenesis. Carpholite is restricted to magnesian rocks; for intermediate Mg/Fe2+ ratios, the occurrence of assemblages with either chloritoid or glaucophane, with chloritoid and glaucophane, or with Na-pyroxene, is determined by increasing Fe3+/Al ratio, at given P and T. Garnet occurs in rocks with higher Mn/Fe2+ ratio. Reactions responsible for the prograde changes are identified, and the metamorphic evolution may be connected towards higher grades with the eclogite facies.