Early Mylonitization in the Nevado-Filábride Complex (Betic Cordillera) during the High-Pressure Episode: Petrological, Geochemical and Thermobarometric Data

In the western part of the Sierra de los Filabres area, there are fine-grained metamorphic rock bands, showing a field aspect simitar to slates, as previously described in the geological literature of the studied region. They are variable in thickness, from millimeters to tens of meters and appear i...

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Autores: Santamaría-López, Ángel, Abad, Isabel, Nieto, Fernando, Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/343297
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/343297
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Compositional maps
Garnet thermobarometry
Nevado-Filábride Complex
Phengite
SEM
Sierra de los Filabres
Betic Cordillera
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Sumario:In the western part of the Sierra de los Filabres area, there are fine-grained metamorphic rock bands, showing a field aspect simitar to slates, as previously described in the geological literature of the studied region. They are variable in thickness, from millimeters to tens of meters and appear intercalated in the schist succession. The geochemical resemblance between both types of rocks (major, minor and trace elements), determined by a statistical approach and the comparison of depositional condition indices, points to a similar sedimentary origin of the protolith but different clay content. Mineral facies and illite “crystallinity” indices in the so-called slates indicate that they followed the same metamorphic path and reached the same metamorphic grade than schists. According to compositional zoning detected in micas and garnets present in both lithologies and the P-T conditions deduced from garnets, the mineral nucleation and growth episode of the main mineral paragenesis in these fine-grained schists was more remarkable during the high-pressure event, with a no significant effect of the latter low-pressure–high-temperature episode. In contrast, the coarse-grained schists developed higher size minerals during the low-pressure–high-temperature episode. A differential mylonitization process during the metamorphism is proposed to justify the discrepant field appearance and the contrasting response of both types of metapelitic rocks to the latter metamorphic event.