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Table 10 Definition of the ERV and calculation of the EBC of the garnet-bearing gneiss (ZR4)

From: Blueschist mylonitic zones accommodating syn-subduction exhumation of deeply buried continental crust: the example of the Rocca Canavese Thrust Sheets Unit (Sesia–Lanzo Zone, Italian Western Alps)

Microdomain vs. Thin Section Garnet Normalization

          

Garnet Selection

Pixels

%

          

Garnet domain

16,105

6.44

          

Garnet 2–3 domain

7710

3.08

          

Garnet thin section domain

7492

8.56

          

Garnet 2–3 in thin section

3586

4.10

          

Amount to be used

4.10

          

Mineral average composition

New Modal  %

Na2O

TiO2

MnO

K2O

MgO

SiO2

Fe2O3

FeO

CaO

Al2O3

H2O

Total

Wm

33.36

0.13

0.20

0.10

10.71

2.86

51.16

0.00

4.19

0.15

25.65

4.84

100.00

Grt2-Grt3

4.29

0.02

0.08

3.11

0.02

0.56

37.56

0.69

26.71

10.60

20.66

0.00

99.99

Cpx

32.06

14.15

0.03

0.02

0.04

0.39

59.19

1.30

1.33

1.01

22.53

0.00

100.00

Qtz

23.82

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

100.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

100.00

Ep

0.37

0.01

0.06

0.07

0.03

0.02

38.61

0.38

8.32

23.09

27.12

2.29

100.00

Ttn

5.66

0.03

38.18

0.02

0.15

0.01

30.86

0.00

0.38

28.00

2.35

0.00

100.00

Am

0.45

7.33

0.03

0.08

0.03

5.54

56.51

0.47

16.27

0.36

11.21

1.95

99.80

EBC

100.00

4.61

2.24

0.17

3.59

1.13

63.61

0.45

3.10

2.50

16.95

1.63

100.00

EBC normalized with no H2O

100.00

4.69

2.28

0.18

3.65

1.15

64.67

0.46

3.15

2.54

17.23

0.00

100.00