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JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 267-281Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2004.00512.x
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Alps; geochronology; Gran Paradiso; metamorphism
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The timing of high-pressure (HP) metamorphism in the internal basement massifs of the Western Alps has been contentious. In the Gran Paradiso massif silvery micaschists, thought to have developed from granitic precursors, contain assemblages indicative of pressures in excess of 18 kbar at 500-550 degreesC. This paper presents unique geochronological data for the paragenesis of the silvery micaschist HP assemblage. Rb-Sr microsampling of an apatite-phengite pair thought to have remained closed to Rb-Sr exchange since the HP paragenesis formed has yielded an age of 43.0 +/- 0.5 Ma. Greenschist retrogression occurred after 36.3 +/- 0.4 Ma, probably in the interval 36-34 Ma. The localised disturbance of the Rb-Sr system in phengite, apatite and allanite during retrogression means that only in situ microsampling could obtain meaningful ages from these rocks. The new data indicating a Tertiary age for HP metamorphism in the Gran Paradiso massif agree with recent data for other internal basement massifs in the Western Alps. A model fitting the Gran Paradiso massif into the Western Alpine framework is presented.
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