Reliability of very low-grade metamorphic methods to decipher basin evolution: Case study from the Markstein basin (Southern Vosges, NE France) - Archive ouverte HAL
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Reliability of very low-grade metamorphic methods to decipher basin evolution: Case study from the Markstein basin (Southern Vosges, NE France)

Sébastien Potel
Tatiana Maison
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Marine Maillet
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Anta-Clarisse Sarr
Michael Patrick Doublier
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Rafael Ferreiro Mählmann
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Low-and very low-grade metamorphic studies investigating the alteration and reaction progress of clay minerals are powerful tools to decipher the thermal evolution of sedimentary and inverted meta-sedimentary basins. Sheet silicates such as illite and chlorite are very common in sedimentary basin sequences. They can be used to determine the grade of diagenesis and low-temperature metamorphism as measured through the XRD: illite Kübler-Index (KI; illite "crystallinity" in older literature) and the chlorite Árkai-Index (ÁI; chlorite "crystallinity" in older literature), respectively. Although the ÁI method is considered to be slightly less sensitive than the KI method, a reliable correlation between both methods is often observed in metamorphic domains with a uniform heat-flow history and minor tectono-structural complexity. Complementary to these methods, the K-white mica b cell dimension provides a robust estimate of pressure facies reached in very low-to low-grade temperature domains. Here, we present a case-study from the Markstein basin located in the Southern Vosges. The lithostratigraphic units in the basin are characterized by deep marine flysch sequences of Upper Devonian to Upper Visean age and volcano-clastic sediments, respectively. The Markstein basin is surrounded by granitoids with intrusion ages between 340 and 326 Ma. A previous study showed orogenic deformation characterized by regional folding, and a contact metamorphism found in an outer halo of the granitoids up to 1500 m away from the contact (delineated by the occurrence of biotite). Here we present a multidisciplinary study combining mineral assemblages, illite and chlorite "crystallinity indices", and K-white mica b cell dimension. Our approach allows to (i) map in (great) detail the areal extent of both regional/burial metamorphic and contact metamorphic domains; (ii) reveal the metamorphic zonation within both domains; and (iii) better constrain regional/burial and contact metamorphic history. The contact metamorphic domain is characterized by the occurrence of biotite and/or actinolite and low K-white mica b cell dimensions, whereas the zone of incipient orogenic metamorphism yields KI and ÁI values of the high-grade diagenesis and anchizone with intermediate K-white b cell dimensions.
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hal-04166832 , version 1 (20-07-2023)

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Sébastien Potel, Tatiana Maison, Marine Maillet, Anta-Clarisse Sarr, Michael Patrick Doublier, et al.. Reliability of very low-grade metamorphic methods to decipher basin evolution: Case study from the Markstein basin (Southern Vosges, NE France). Applied Clay Science, 2016, 134, pp.175 - 185. ⟨10.1016/j.clay.2016.10.003⟩. ⟨hal-04166832⟩
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