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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 225, 期 1-2, 页码 233-241出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.023
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Himalaya; graphitization; Raman spectroscopy; geothermometry; metamorphism
The determination of metamorphic conditions is critical to the understanding of the formation of mountain belts. However, all collisional mountain belts contain large volumes of accreted sediments generally lacking metamorphic index minerals and are therefore not amenable to conventional petrologic investigations. By contrast, these units are often rich in carbonaceous material, making it possible to determine thermal metamorphism through Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material (RSCM method), a technique that has been recently calibrated [Beyssac et al., J. Metamorph. Geol. 20 (2002) 859871]. The Lesser Himalaya (LH) is one of these problematic cases with a very poor mineralogy, but a key structural position within the Himalayan system that makes LH considered as diagnostic of the overall thermal behaviour of the orogen. This work demonstrates the performance of the RSCM technique and shows that this technique might thus be used to detect inter-sample variations as small as similar to 10-15 degreesC, but absolute temperatures can only be determined to +/- 50 degreesC due to the uncertainty on the calibration. This study reveals that the LH has undergone a large-scale thermal metamorphism, with temperature decreasing progressively from about 540 degreesC at the top to less than 330 degreesC within the deepest exhumed structural levels. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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