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Research article
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28 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 28 Jan 2021
| 28 Jan 2021
Extensional reactivation of the Penninic frontal thrust 3 Myr ago as evidenced by U–Pb dating on calcite in fault zone cataclasite
Antonin Bilau
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, UMR 5204, 73370 Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38000 Grenoble, France
Yann Rolland
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
EDYTEM, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, UMR 5204, 73370 Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38000 Grenoble, France
Stéphane Schwartz
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38000 Grenoble, France
Nicolas Godeau
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Collège de France, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Abel Guihou
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Collège de France, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Pierre Deschamps
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Collège de France, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, France
Benjamin Brigaud
GEOPS, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
Aurélie Noret
GEOPS, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
Thierry Dumont
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, 38000 Grenoble, France
Cécile Gautheron
GEOPS, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
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Short summary
As a result of the collision between the European and Apulian plates, the Alps have experienced several evolutionary stages. The Penninic frontal thrust (PFT) (major thrust) was associated with compression, and now seismic studies show ongoing extensional activity. Calcite mineralization associated with shortening and extensional structures was sampled. The last deformation stages are dated by U–Pb on calcite at ~ 3.5 and ~ 2.5 Ma. Isotope analysis evidences deep crustal fluid mobilization.
As a result of the collision between the European and Apulian plates, the Alps have experienced...
