Miocene basement exhumation in the Central Alps recorded by detrital garnet geochemistry in foreland basin deposits

Stutenbecker, Laura; Tollan, Peter M. E.; Madella, Andrea; Lanari, Pierre

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1581-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1581-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1581-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

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20 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 20 Sep 2019

Miocene basement exhumation in the Central Alps recorded by detrital garnet geochemistry in foreland basin deposits

Laura Stutenbecker, Peter M. E. Tollan, Andrea Madella, and Pierre Lanari

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RC1: 'General reviewer comments', Carita Augustsson, 05 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Answer to reviewer #1: Carita Augustsson', Laura Stutenbecker, 14 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Comments on Stutenbecker et al., manuscript', Lorenzo Gemignani, 11 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Answer to reviewer #2: Lorenzo Gemignani', Laura Stutenbecker, 14 Aug 2019

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AR by Laura Stutenbecker on behalf of the Authors (14 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Aug 2019) by Kei Ogata

ED: Publish as is (20 Aug 2019) by Elias Samankassou (Executive editor)

AR by Laura Stutenbecker on behalf of the Authors (26 Aug 2019)

Short summary

The Aar and Mont Blanc regions in the Alps are large granitoid massifs characterized by high topography. We analyse when these granitoids were first exhumed to the surface. We test this by tracking specific garnet grains, which are exclusively found in the granitoid massifs, in the sediments contained in the alpine foreland basin. This research ties in with ongoing debates on the timing and mechanisms of mountain building.