Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1495-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1495-2022
Research article
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29 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 29 Sep 2022

Raman spectroscopy in thrust-stacked carbonates: an investigation of spectral parameters with implications for temperature calculations in strained samples

Lauren Kedar, Clare E. Bond, and David K. Muirhead

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Raman spectral data from carbonates in the Haut Giffre, French Alps Kedar, L., Bond, C. E. and Muirhead, D. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4771951

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Raman spectroscopy of carbon-bearing rocks is often used to calculate peak temperatures and therefore burial history. However, strain is known to affect Raman spectral parameters. We investigate a series of deformed rocks that have been subjected to varying degrees of strain and find that there is a consistent change in some parameters in the most strained rocks, while other parameters are not affected by strain. We apply temperature calculations and find that strain affects them differently.