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Table 1 Summary of monazite-(Ce) samples considered in this study with information on sample locality, host-rock lithology and metamorphic degree, fissure mineral association and orientation

From: Ion microprobe dating of fissure monazite in the Western Alps: insights from the Argentera Massif and the Piemontais and Briançonnais Zones

Locality

Sample

Domain

Latitude (°N)

Longitude (°E)

Host-rock

Alpine metamorphism

Association

Average fissure orientation

Margone, Valle di ViĂ¹, Piedmont, Italy

VIU1

Piémontais Zone

45°13.064'

007°11.268'

gneiss

Eclogite/greenschist facies

Qz, Ab, Rt

181/77

Costa Balzi Rossi, Magliolo, Liguria, Italy

BALZI2

Briançonnais Zone

44°11.300'

008°14.100'

metarhyolites

Blueschist/greenschist facies

Qz, Ab, Ad, Ant, Brk, Hem, Xnt

Block in scree

Morglione, Valle Stura, Argentera, Piedmont, Italy

MORI1

Argentera Massif

44°20.470'

007°04.767'

gneiss

Greenschist facies

Qz, Ad, Ant

186/86

Vinadio, Valle Stura, Argentera, Piedmont, Italy

VINA1

Argentera Massif

44°18.376'

007°09.606'

gneiss

Greenschist facies

Qz, Ad, Ant

186/86

Monte Ray, Valle Gesso, Entraque, Piedmont, Italy

GESS1

Argentera Massif

44°13.660'

007°21.640'

gneiss

Greenschist facies

Cc, Ant, Syn, Xnt, Crt

Vertical

  1. Ab  albite, Ad adularia, Ant anatase, Brk brookite, Cc calcite, Crt cerussite, Hem hematite, Qz quartz, Rt rutile, Syn synchisite-(Ce), Xnt xenotime-(Y)