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Re-equilibration textures of fluid inclusionsin exhumed high-pressure rocks: the exampleof the Tuscan Archipelago (NorthernTyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

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 Occurrence of (Fe, Mg)-carpholite-bearing parageneses in metapelites from Giglio and Gorgona islands (Tuscan Archipelago, Northern Tyrrhenian Sea) attests a continuity of blueschist metamorphism from Alpine Corsica to the Tuscan region. Numerous fluid inclusions have been trapped in quartz crystals associated with (Fe, Mg)-carpholite fibers from the two blueschist metamorphic cores. Textures of fluid inclusions (annular, semi-annular, negative crystal shaped), microthermometry (constancy of values) and SEM investigations (presence of primary Fe-rich fluid/s) confirm that re-equilibration occurred during a nearly isothermal (T not in excess of 300 °C) exhumation path.

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Reequilibrierungstexturen von Flüssigkeitseinschlüssen in exhumierten Hochdruckgesteinen: Ein Beispiel aus dem toskanischen Archipel (Nordthyrrhenisches Meer)

Das Auftreten von (Fe-Mg)-Karpholith-führenden Paragensen in Metapeliten auf den Inseln Giglio und Gorgona (toskanischer Archipel, Nordthyrrhenisches Meer) bestätigt die Kontinuität einer blauschieferfaziellen Metamorphose vom alpinen Korsika bis in die Toskana. Zahlreiche Flüssigkeitseinschlüsse wurden in Quarz eingeschlossen, der gemeinsam mit (Fe-Mg)-Karpholithfasern in diesen beiden blauschieferfaziellen metamorphen Kernen vorkommt. Die Textur der Einschlüsse (annular, semi-annular, negative Kristallgestalt), die Mikrothermometrie (Konstanz der Werte) und die SEM Untersuchungen (Vorhandensein primärer Fe-reicher Fluide) bestätigen, dass die Reequilibrierung entlang eines beinahe isothermen Exhumationspfades (T nicht über 300 °C) erfolgte.

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Received February 22, 2000; revised version accepted July 17, 2000

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Tecce, F., Rossetti, F. & Funiciello, R. Re-equilibration textures of fluid inclusionsin exhumed high-pressure rocks: the exampleof the Tuscan Archipelago (NorthernTyrrhenian Sea, Italy). Mineralogy and Petrology 71, 139–147 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007100170050

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