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Evolution of fluid redox in a fault zone of the Pic de Port Vieux thrust in the Pyrenees Axial Zone (Spain)
Delphine Charpentier
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Chrono-environnement UMR6249, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25000 Besançon, France
Gaétan Milesi
GeoRessources, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, LabCom CREGU, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
Pierre Labaume
Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
Ahmed Abd Elmola
The James Hutton Institute, Environmental and Biochemical Sciences Group, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, United Kingdom
Martine Buatier
Chrono-environnement UMR6249, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 25000 Besançon, France
Pierre Lanari
Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Manuel Muñoz
Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Short summary
Understanding the fluid circulation in fault zones is essential to characterize the thermochemical evolution of hydrothermal systems in mountain ranges. The study focused on a paleo-system of the Pyrenees. Phyllosilicates permit us to constrain the evolution of temperature and redox of fluids at the scale of the fault system. A scenario is proposed and involves the circulation of a single highly reducing hydrothermal fluid (~300 °C) that evolves due to redox reactions.
Understanding the fluid circulation in fault zones is essential to characterize the...
