The3Dreconstructionofgeologicalbodiesisanexcellenttoolfortherepresentationof crustal structures and is applied here to understand related heterogeneities in the grain-scale fabrics; the western portion of the Languard–Tonale Alpine tectono-metamorphic unit (Austroal- pine domain, Central Alps) allows evaluation of the per cent volume of textural reworking during polyphase pre-Alpine and Alpine deformations. The structural and metamorphic overprinting during the last deformation imprint involved less than 50% of rock volume; this estimate is obtained by discriminating domains that homogeneously recorded structural and metamorphic re-equilibration during crenulation – decrenulation cycles. These domains are reconstructed using a geograhpical information system (GIS) to manipulate field data and interpretative cross- sections as a means to constrain their 3D volumes. The degree of fabric evolution is integrated at the microscale with the estimate of the reactants/products ratio to infer the progress of meta- morphic transformation related to advancing degree of mechanical reactivation. The correlation between degree of fabric evolution and progress of synkinematic metamorphic reactions shows that differences between pristine mineral assemblages v. pre-existing fabrics influence the rate of reaction accomplishment. Fabric evolution and degree of metamorphic transformation increase proportionally once above the threshold value of 60% of volume affected by fabric rejuvenation; metamorphic degree also influences the progress of metamorphic reactions.

Three-dimensional reconstruction of a sector of the Languard-Tonale Alpine tectono-metamorphic unit in the Central Italian Alps, between upper Valtellina and Val Camonica, Austroalpine domain / F. Salvi, M. Zucali, M.I. Spalla, G. Gosso. - In: BOLLETTINO DI GEOFISICA TEORICA E APPLICATA. - ISSN 0006-6729. - 49:Suppl. 2(2008), pp. 285-289. ((Intervento presentato al 3. convegno GeoMod : International Geomodelling Conference, 22-24 September tenutosi a Villa La Pietra Firenze nel 2008.

Three-dimensional reconstruction of a sector of the Languard-Tonale Alpine tectono-metamorphic unit in the Central Italian Alps, between upper Valtellina and Val Camonica, Austroalpine domain

F. Salvi
Primo
;
M. Zucali
Secondo
;
M.I. Spalla
Penultimo
;
G. Gosso
Ultimo
2008

Abstract

The3Dreconstructionofgeologicalbodiesisanexcellenttoolfortherepresentationof crustal structures and is applied here to understand related heterogeneities in the grain-scale fabrics; the western portion of the Languard–Tonale Alpine tectono-metamorphic unit (Austroal- pine domain, Central Alps) allows evaluation of the per cent volume of textural reworking during polyphase pre-Alpine and Alpine deformations. The structural and metamorphic overprinting during the last deformation imprint involved less than 50% of rock volume; this estimate is obtained by discriminating domains that homogeneously recorded structural and metamorphic re-equilibration during crenulation – decrenulation cycles. These domains are reconstructed using a geograhpical information system (GIS) to manipulate field data and interpretative cross- sections as a means to constrain their 3D volumes. The degree of fabric evolution is integrated at the microscale with the estimate of the reactants/products ratio to infer the progress of meta- morphic transformation related to advancing degree of mechanical reactivation. The correlation between degree of fabric evolution and progress of synkinematic metamorphic reactions shows that differences between pristine mineral assemblages v. pre-existing fabrics influence the rate of reaction accomplishment. Fabric evolution and degree of metamorphic transformation increase proportionally once above the threshold value of 60% of volume affected by fabric rejuvenation; metamorphic degree also influences the progress of metamorphic reactions.
Settore GEO/03 - Geologia Strutturale
2008
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