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Table 2 Sample locations and RSCM results (TRSCM)

From: The Maira-Sampeyre and Val Grana Allochthons (south Western Alps): review and new data on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin

Sample

Locality

Coordinates (degrees)

Nature

Formation, unit, Fig. #

R2

T_RSCM(°C)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

SE

N

AC01 L

Battuira

44.4274/7.2128

Calcschists (cs)

Valliera meta-lmsts,

(VGU). Figures 6a, 7a

0.5

0.02

416

11

3

10

AC02 L

Valliera soprana

44.4255/7.2130

Quartz-schist

Valliera beds (VG unit)

0.4

0.03

461

16

5

10

AC03 L

Valliera-Colletto

44.4153/7.2173

Liassic lmst-cs

Narbona Member (VG u.)

0.46

0.04

428

6

1

11

AC04 L

P Colletto

44.4127/7.2175

Meta-siliceous lmsts

Hettangian/ Lower Sinemurian (VG unit)

0.45

0.06

441

29

8

11

AC06 M

~ 300 m NW Pta Castellar

44.4069/7.1848

Metabasite

Contact QN/VGU

AC07 L

 ~ 700 m NNE Pta Castellar

44.4100/7.1903

Meta-siliceous lmsts with dolostone grains

Top of Mid-Upper Liassic Lmbr (VG unit)

0.56

− 0.6

390 °C

28

9

10

AC08 L

Above Chiappi

44.4041/7.1771

Meta-calcaro-dolomitic banded, coarse breccia

Main part of “Lmb” (VG u.) Fig. 6d

0.63

0.05

358

25

6

13

AC09 M

1st bridge upstream Pradleves

44.4128/7.2652

Silvery quartz-schist

Permian (?), part of CLSZ. Figure 7d

0.54

0.07

400

35

2

AC11 L

AC11 M

Lottulo

44.4910/7.2301

Yellowish calcschist

Anisian-Lower Ladinian (VM-S unit). Figure 6h

0.28

0.07

507

512

29

34

9

10

10

AC12 L

Lower Vallone Elva

44.4980/7.1010

Dolostone with oblique cleavage

Norian M. Bettone (VG u. in Val Maira). Figure 6f

0.30

0.03

506

14

4

11

AC13 M

Upper Vallone Elva

44.5400/7.0801

Schistes lustrés

QN above M. Bettone

0.29

509

26

5

AC14 LM

100 m W Sampeyre Pass

 

Ctd-bearing black schists

Queyras nappe

0.41

0.03

455

16

5

11

AC15 LM

300 m W Sampeyre Pass

44.5521/7.1173

Idem

Queyras nappe

0.44

0.03

442

17

5

11

AC16 L

Costa Cavallina

44.5464/7.1234

Lmst in calcschists (chocolate table)

CLSZ

0.35

0.05

482

25

6

15

AC17 LM

Costa Cavallina

44.5439/7.1294

Serpentinite/meta-rodingite?

 

 

AC18 LM

East of C. Cavallina

44.5378/7.1453

Bedded metabasite

 

 

AC19 L

Below S Martino

44,5160/7.1140

Schistes lustrés

CLSZ

0.36

0.10

478

48

10

AC20 L

Below Plum klippe

44.4260/7.2220

Schistes lustrés with lmst beds

QN ? Valliera cs (?)

0.33

0.06

502

25

13

AC21 L

M. Plum south slope

44.3313/7.2129

M. Plum lmst stuck over serpentinite

QN klippe (?)

0.41

0.04

458

18

5

5

AC24 L

Acceglio anticline

core

44.4878/7.1775

Metasedimentary intercalation; Permian (?)

Acceglio-Longet band

(AL unit)

0.36

0.05

480

25

7

11

AC26 L

Valmala

44.4912/7.2304

Calcschists

VPSZ

0.23

0.12

534

56

15

13

AC27 L

Above Valmala

Mica-schist

Lower (?) Dronero unit

0.52

0.03

407

15

5

10

28 (M21-01)

Battuira

44.4274/7.2128

Triassic carbonate

VPSZ

0.5

0.04

414

21

5

14

30 (M21-03)

Valliera soprana

44.4255/7.2130

Triassic dolostone

SDSZ

   

31 (M21-04)

San Damiano Podio

44.4938/7.2644

Quartz-mica-schist

SDSZ

  

593

24

7

10

32 (M21-05)

San Damiano Podio

44.5112/7.1513

Quartz-mica-schist

SDSZ

0.23

0.1

564

39

10

 

33 (M21-06)

Caudano-Centenero road

44.5108/7.1503

Middle Triassic dolostone

Val Maira subunit

   

34 (M21-07)

Caudano-Centenero road

44,5108/7,1503

Middle Triassic dolostone

Val Maira subunit

   

35 (M21-08)

Centenero village (from a trench)

44.5095/7.1546

Middle Triassic black shales

Val Maira subunit. Figure 7c

0.43

0.03

455

9

2

13

36 (M21-09)

Centenero village (from a trench)

44.5095/7.1546

Middle Triassic black shales

Val Maira subunit

0.41

0.04

455

19

6

10

37 (M21-10)

Ponte Marmora

44.4906/7.0924

Liassic calcschist

VG unit in Val Maira

0.39

0.05

463

24

7

10

38 (M21-11)

Ponte Marmora

power station

44.4906/7.0924

Liassic calcschists

VG unit in Val Maira

0.39

0.06

465

29

8

10

39 (M21-12)

Above Ussolo

44.4910/7.0260

Cretaceous (?) Schistes lustrés

Queyras nappe

0.58

0.01

381

8

2

13

40 (M21-13) (a &b samples)

Above Ussolo

44.4910/7.0260

Cretaceous (?) Schistes lustrés

Queyras nappe Figs. 6b, 7e

0.54

0.01

387

399

9

24

3

7

5

10

GR20-85

Below Mte Plum

44.4316/7.2139

Serpentinite

Sole of M. Plum klippe

 

GR20-87 & 88

Monte Plum-Bars la Chiau

44.4320/7.2197

Metabasite

Klippe of the Queyras nappe

 

GR20-89

Monte Plum-Bars la Chiau

44.4300/7.2246

Banded metachert

Klippe of the Queyras nappe Figs. 6g, 7f

 

GR20-90

Monte Plum-Bars la Chiau

44.4300/7.2246

Marble

Klippe of the Queyras nappe

 

GR20-91

Monte Plum-Bars la Chiau

 

Banded metabasite

Klippe of the Queyras nappe. Figure 7g

 

41 (Bel73-13)

Grangie Sagneres, summit 2985 west of Pelvo d’Elva

 

Jd-orthogneiss

(Permian?)

Acceglio-Longet band (AL). Figure 7h

 
  1. Unit acronyms (AL, etc.) as in Fig. 3 and Table 1. Other abbreviations: cs, calcschists; Lmbr: Middle Liassic breccias; lmst: limestone (protolith); u.: unit. Figures showing outcrop or thin section relative to any sample are indicated for convenience. R2: Raman parameter proposed by Beyssac et al. (2002) to quantify graphitization processes; N: number of Raman spectra; SD: standard deviation; SE: standard error (SE = SD/√N)