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Deformation mechanisms in mafic amphibolites and granulites: record from the Semail metamorphic sole during subduction infancy
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, 75005 Paris, France
Philippe Agard
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, 75005 Paris, France
Benoît Ildefonse
Géosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Université Antilles, CEDEX 05,
34095 Montpellier, France
Benoît Dubacq
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, 75005 Paris, France
Cécile Prigent
Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR,
ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
Claudio Rosenberg
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Paris, ISTeP UMR 7193, 75005 Paris, France
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Short summary
This study sheds light on the mineral-scale mechanisms controlling the progressive deformation of sheared amphibolites from the Oman metamorphic sole during subduction initiation and unravels how strain is localized and accommodated in hydrated mafic rocks at high temperature conditions. Our results indicate how metamorphic reactions and pore-fluid pressures driven by changes in pressure–temperature conditions and/or water activity control the rheology of mafic rocks.
This study sheds light on the mineral-scale mechanisms controlling the progressive deformation...
