AbstractsEarth & Environmental Science

Orogenic peridotites from the Seve Nappe Complex (SNC), central Scandinavian Caledonides, were traditionally interpreted as fragments of sub-oceanic, Iapetus-related, lithosphere that became incorporated into the Scandian nappe pile during the Caledonian orogeny. The Friningen Garnet Peridotite (FGP) consists dominantly of dunite, garnet-bearing harzburgite and garnet lherzolite with minor internal eclogite- and/or garnet pyroxenite layers/dikes. The FGP shows evidence of an Archean to mid Proterozoic origin for the M1 mineral assemblage, including sulphides, as well as an early Caledonian age (~ 454 Ma) for the second mineral assemblage (M2) which is also characterised by a garnet-olivine HP mineral assemblage. Pre-Caledonian HP-HT metamorphic conditions of 1200°C and P ~ 2.0 GPa are determined for the early M1a assemblage (ol+opx+cpx+grt). These physical conditions are followed by an inferred early Caledonian exhumation event down to 1050-1100°C and 1.5 GPa (M1b), followed by isobaric cooling down to 800°C (M1c). The latter is based on the break down of high-Cr M1a grt (uvt=6%) into opx+cpx+spl+parg symplectites (M1b) and the exsolution of garnet from Al-rich opx and cpx. The early-Caledonian UHPM evidence (M2; T=800°C and P=3.0 GPa), discovered within an eclogitic dyke, is displayed in the FGP by low-Cr M2 grt (uvt=3%) replacing the M1b lower P symplectite assemblage and growth of M2 garnets around M1b spinels. Pl+di symplectites after omphacite in the internal eclogitic dyke and breakdown of kyanite to sapphirine and pl are indicative of isothermal decompression (M3a) down to 800ºC and 1.0 GPa. This M3a phase has not been recognised in the mineral assemblage of the FGP, however, M2 mineral compositions of most grt2, opx2 and cpx2 indicate a metamorphic overprint at T=600°C and P=1.0 GPa (M3b). An exception to this rule is formed by the Cr-content of M1a and M2 garnets. The finding of the stable mineral assemblage dolomite+grt+ky+zoi±ph in the eclogitic dyke and of Sr-bearing carbonates in multiphase solid inclusions within M1a opx, cpx and ol indicates early (i.e. before crustal intrusion) metasomatism by slab-derived COH-bearing fluids. Three olivine microstructures developed in response to different deformation events occurring at different PT conditions: Olivine M1 porphyroclasts were formed in the mantle at HT and low differential stress (1-3 MPa). The main mechanism involved was dislocation creep, producing a mixture of a- and b-type fabrics. These two fabrics are probably the result of two deformation phases, different in temperature and water content. Olivine M2 foam microstructure were formed during subduction, after crustal “intrusion” of the FGP. The main mechanism involved was dislocation creep, producing a-type fabrics. Olivine M3 foam microstructures were formed after strain localization along anastomosed shear zones at low T (650-700°C) and high differential stress (70-100 MPa). The main mechanism involved was grain size sensitive creep. However, dislocation creep was also involved producing a weak…