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Table 8 Thermobarometric estimates obtained using independent thermometers and barometers and referred to successive metamorphic events (D1–M1 and D2–M2)

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)

Method

Garnet-bearing gneiss

Orthogneiss

Metamorphic event

D1–M1

D2–M2

D1–M1

D2–M2

Green and Hellman (1982)

470 ± 30 °C

445 ± 40 °C

480 ± 50 °C

430 ± 50 °C

Wu et al. (2002)

507 ± 40 °C

473 ± 50 °C

490 ± 50 °C

440 ± 50 °C

XJd content in Cpx (Holland, 1980) (minimum pressure)

1.25 ± 0.1 GPa

 

1.26 ± 0.14 GPa

1.04 ± 0.02 GPa

Massonne and Schreyer (1987) (minimum pressure)

1.17 ± 0.2 GPa

1.0 ± 0.1 GPa

1.3 ± 0.16 GPa

1.14 ± 0.12 GPa

Mineral composition isopleth thermobarometry on PT pseudosection

520 °C at 1.28 GPa

490 °C at 1.04 GPa

 

400 °C at 1.07 GPa