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Table 2 Representative electron microprobe analysis of mineral assemblages in the upper unit

From: Thermal structure and metamorphic evolution of the Piemont-Ligurian metasediments in the northern Western Alps

Sample

CIG0901

CIG0903

Jes59

Mineral

Grt

Cld

Ph

Chl

Grt I (core)

Grt I (rim)

Grt II

Cld

Ph

Chl

Grt (core)

Grt (rim)

Cld

Ph

SiO2

37.99

24.82

50.88

24.58

37.55

37.95

37.11

24.75

50.20

24.84

37.08

37.31

24.55

51.24

TiO2

0.00

0.00

0.18

0.06

0.13

0.06

0.05

0.00

0.20

0.03

0.16

0.00

0.00

0.20

Al2O3

21.01

42.14

28.28

23.34

20.89

21.15

21.29

41.77

27.86

23.63

20.40

20.36

38.42

25.89

FeO

29.40

24.90

2.47

28.55

13.53

27.94

27.18

22.89

2.58

26.65

24.17

30.52

25.34

2.62

MnO

0.81

0.38

0.00

0.07

19.30

3.72

6.21

1.39

0.03

0.80

12.02

5.78

0.76

0.01

MgO

1.20

2.29

2.92

12.32

0.42

1.07

1.26

2.74

2.86

13.06

0.87

1.27

2.68

3.25

CaO

9.94

0.00

0.00

0.02

8.02

8.93

6.81

0.00

0.01

0.01

6.08

5.64

0.02

0.00

Na2O

0.04

0.00

0.36

0.01

0.03

0.04

0.01

0.01

0.35

0.02

0.07

0.02

0.02

0.26

K2O

0.00

0.00

10.39

0.07

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.92

0.05

0.00

0.00

0.00

10.95

Total

100.39

94.53

95.48

89.02

99.87

100.86

99.92

93.55

94.01

89.09

100.85

100.90

91.79

94.42

Structural formula

 Si

3.02

2.00

3.38

2.59

3.03

3.02

2.99

2.01

3.39

2.60

2.99

3.01

2.06

3.46

 Ti

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.01

 Al

1.97

4.01

2.22

2.90

1.99

1.98

2.02

4.00

2.21

2.91

1.94

1.93

3.80

2.06

 Fe2+

1.96

1.68

0.14

2.52

0.91

1.86

1.83

1.55

0.15

2.33

1.63

2.06

1.58

0.15

 Mn

0.05

0.03

0.00

0.01

1.32

0.25

0.42

0.10

0.00

0.07

0.82

0.39

0.05

0.00

 Mg

0.14

0.28

0.29

1.94

0.05

0.13

0.15

0.33

0.29

2.03

0.10

0.15

0.34

0.33

 Ca

0.85

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.69

0.76

0.59

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.53

0.49

0.00

0.00

 Na

0.01

0.00

0.05

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.05

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.03

 K

0.00

0.00

0.88

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.85

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.94

 X Mg

 

0.14

 

0.43

   

0.17

 

0.46

  

0.17

 

 X Prp

0.05

   

0.02

0.04

0.05

   

0.03

0.05

  

 X Alm

0.65

   

0.31

0.62

0.61

   

0.53

0.67

  

 X Grs

0.28

   

0.23

0.25

0.20

   

0.17

0.16

  

 X Sps

0.02

   

0.44

0.08

0.14

   

0.27

0.13

  
  1. Samples are located in Figs. 3 and 6