Abstract
Raman microspectroscopy on carbonaceous material (RSCM) from the eastern Tauern Window indicates contrasting peak-temperature patterns in three different fabric domains, each of which underwent a poly-metamorphic orogenic evolution: Domain 1 in the northeastern Tauern Window preserves oceanic units (Glockner Nappe System, Matrei Zone) that attained peak temperatures (Tp) of 350-480 °C following Late Cretaceous to Palaeogene nappe stacking in an accretionary wedge. Domain 2 in the central Tauern Window experienced Tp of 500-535 °C that was attained either within an exhumed Palaeogene subduction channel or during Oligocene Barrovian-type thermal overprinting within the Alpine collisional orogen. Domain 3 in the Eastern Tauern Subdome has a peak-temperature pattern that resulted from Eo-Oligocene nappe stacking of continental units derived from the distal European margin. This pattern acquired its presently concentric pattern in Miocene time due to post-nappe doming and extensional shearing along the Katschberg Shear Zone System (KSZS). Tp values in the largest (Hochalm) dome range from 612 °C in its core to 440 °C at its rim. The maximum peak-temperature gradient (≤70 °C km-1) occurs along the eastern margin of this dome where mylonitic shearing of the Katschberg Normal Fault (KNF) significantly thinned the Subpenninic- and Penninic nappe pile, including the pre-existing peak-temperature gradient.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 863-880 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Metamorphic Geology |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Doming
- Eastern Alps
- High-pressure and Barrovian-type metamorphism
- Orogen-parallel extension
- Peak-temperature pattern
- Raman microspectroscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geology
- Geochemistry and Petrology