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A new UHP unit in the Western Alps: First occurrence of coesite from the Monviso Massif (Italy)

Stefano Ghignone, Emanuele Scaramuzzo, Marco Bruno, Franz A. Livio
Published: 03 July 2023
American Mineralogist (2023) 108 (7): 1368–1375.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2022-8621
... in the meta-ophiolitic suite of the Monviso Massif, corresponding to the fourth UHP unit defined on the Western Alps. Previous petrographic studies and results from thermodynamic modeling already suggested that these Alpine units may have experienced UHP metamorphism, but no occurrences of index minerals...
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Role of Late Jurassic intra-oceanic structural inheritance in the Alpine tectonic evolution of the Monviso meta-ophiolite Complex (Western Alps)

GIANNI BALESTRO, ANDREA FESTA, ALESSANDRO BORGHI, DANIELE CASTELLI, MARCO GATTIGLIO, PAOLA TARTAROTTI
Published: 17 July 2017
Geological Magazine (2018) 155 (2): 233–249.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756817000553
...GIANNI BALESTRO; ANDREA FESTA; ALESSANDRO BORGHI; DANIELE CASTELLI; MARCO GATTIGLIO; PAOLA TARTAROTTI Abstract The eclogite-facies Monviso meta-ophiolite Complex in the Western Alps represents a well-preserved fragment of oceanic lithosphere and related Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous sedimentary...
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A Jurassic oceanic core complex in the high-pressure Monviso ophiolite (western Alps, NW Italy)

Andrea Festa, Gianni Balestro, Yildirim Dilek, Paola Tartarotti
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 01 December 2015
Lithosphere (2015) 7 (6): 646–652.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/L458.1
...Andrea Festa; Gianni Balestro; Yildirim Dilek; Paola Tartarotti Abstract The eclogite-facies Monviso ophiolite in the western Alps displays a complex record of Jurassic rift-drift, subduction zone, and Cenozoic collision tectonics in its evolutionary history. Serpentinized lherzolites intruded...
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Tectonostratigraphy of the northern Monviso Meta-ophiolite Complex (Western Alps)

Gianni Balestro, Bruno Lombardo, Gloria Vaggelli, Alessandro Borghi, Andrea Festa, Marco Gattiglio
Published: 01 October 2014
Italian Journal of Geosciences (2014) 133 (3): 409–426.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2014.13
...Gianni Balestro; Bruno Lombardo; Gloria Vaggelli; Alessandro Borghi; Andrea Festa; Marco Gattiglio Abstract The Monviso Meta-Ophiolite Complex is a remnant of the Piedmont-Ligurian oceanic lithosphere stacked in the Western Alps, and consisting of dismembered HP meta-ophiolite sequences...
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Jadeitite from the Monviso meta-ophiolite, western Alps: occurrence and genesis

Roberto Compagnoni, Franco Rolfo, Daniele Castelli
Published: 01 March 2012
European Journal of Mineralogy (2012) 24 (2): 333–343.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-2164
...Roberto Compagnoni; Franco Rolfo; Daniele Castelli Abstract A block is described, which is exposed in the antigorite serpentinite of Vallone Bulè, belonging to the Basal Serpentinite Unit of the Monviso massif (Piemonte Zone of calcschists with meta-ophiolites). The block consists of a quartz...
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A , Stratigraphic columnar section of the <span class="search-highlight">Monviso</span> ophiolite (modified from ...

A , Stratigraphic columnar section of the Monviso ophiolite (modified from ...

Published: 01 September 2021
Figure 6.  A , Stratigraphic columnar section of the Monviso ophiolite (modified from Balestro et al. 2019 ) depicting the lateral and vertical relations among the synextensional chaotic deposits, the exhumed upper-mantle rocks, and the sedimentary succession. B – E , Various close-up views
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( a ) Pre-alpine stratigraphic columnar section of the <span class="search-highlight">Monviso</span> ophiolite, d...

( a ) Pre-alpine stratigraphic columnar section of the Monviso ophiolite, d...

Published: 28 March 2019
Fig. 3. ( a ) Pre-alpine stratigraphic columnar section of the Monviso ophiolite, depicting the lateral and vertical variations in the ophiolite and the overlying sedimentary succession. The sharp tectonic contact between the mantle-gabbro rocks and the syn-extensional volcanic and sedimentary
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Cr, Mn, and Ti zoning from a garnet from the <span class="search-highlight">Monviso</span> ophiolite of the Weste...

Cr, Mn, and Ti zoning from a garnet from the Monviso ophiolite of the Weste...

Published: 01 August 2017
Figure 8. Cr, Mn, and Ti zoning from a garnet from the Monviso ophiolite of the Western Alps, modified from Angiboust et al (2014) . Note patchy zoning in the core and oscillatory-zoned rims. Trace element annuli attributed to influx of externally derived fluid from antigorite breakdown
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Different types of metasediments occurring in the northern <span class="search-highlight">Monviso</span> Meta-Oph...

Different types of metasediments occurring in the northern Monviso Meta-Oph...

Published: 01 October 2014
Fig. 4 Different types of metasediments occurring in the northern Monviso Meta-Ophiolite Complex: ( a ) calcschist (Cs), quartz-micaschist (Ms) and micaceous marble (Mm), deformed by D3 folds (Unit 1, NW of Alpe Giulian, 2320 m a.s.l.); ( b ) calcschist (Cs) alternating with metasandstone
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Representative chemical analyses of antigorites from <span class="search-highlight">Monviso</span>.

Representative chemical analyses of antigorites from Monviso.

Published: 01 January 2006
Table 1. Representative chemical analyses of antigorites from Monviso.
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Chemical composition (in atom%) of antigorites from the <span class="search-highlight">Monviso</span> obtained by...

Chemical composition (in atom%) of antigorites from the Monviso obtained by...

Published: 01 January 2006
Fig. 5. Chemical composition (in atom%) of antigorites from the Monviso obtained by electron microprobe analysis (Cameca SX100 - Clermont-Ferrand).
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Steep conjugate normal faults in the Piedmont zone. Top: pillowed basalts i...

Steep conjugate normal faults in the Piedmont zone. Top: pillowed basalts i...

Published: 01 November 2006
F ig . 7. – Steep conjugate normal faults in the Piedmont zone. Top: pillowed basalts in the Montgenèvre ophiolite (Collet Vert, Chenaillet massif); height of the cliff: 50 m. Middle: Tithonian marbles in the eastern Queyras Schistes lustrés (Taillante). Bottom: prasinites in the Monviso
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Serpentinites in an Alpine convergent setting: Effects of metamorphic grade and deformation on microstructures

Anne-Line AUZENDE, Stéphane GUILLOT, Bertrand DEVOUARD, Alain BARONNET
Published: 01 January 2006
European Journal of Mineralogy (2006) 18 (1): 21–33.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2006/0018-0021
...Table 1. Representative chemical analyses of antigorites from Monviso. ...
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(A) Interpretive cross section for the development of the oceanic core comp...

(A) Interpretive cross section for the development of the oceanic core comp...

Published: 01 December 2015
Figure 4. (A) Interpretive cross section for the development of the oceanic core complex (OCC), Baracun shear zone and syn- and postextensional sequences in the Monviso ophiolite. (B) Close-up of the Baracun shear zone, depicting the inferred tectonic and hydrothermal processes. (C) Close-up
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( a ) Tectonic map of the Western Alps (modified after Balestro et al. 201...

( a ) Tectonic map of the Western Alps (modified after Balestro et al. 201...

Published: 03 July 2023
Unit (CU). Codes: Br = Briançonnais; DM = Dora Maira; GP = Gran Paradiso; MM = Monviso Massif; PF = Penninic Front; SL = Sesia-Lanzo. ( b ) Structural sketch map of the Monviso Massif (MM) [modified after Balestro et al. (2018) ]. (Color online.)
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Cartoons showing the different stages of the tectonic and geodynamic evolut...

Cartoons showing the different stages of the tectonic and geodynamic evolut...

Published: 17 July 2017
Figure 6. Cartoons showing the different stages of the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of the Monviso meta-ophiolite Complex from the Jurassic intra-oceanic stage (a) to the Alpine subduction (b), early exhumation (c) and late exhumation (d) stages (modified from Lardeaux et al. 2006
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Tectonic sketch map of the Western Alps (the inset indicates the northern s...

Tectonic sketch map of the Western Alps (the inset indicates the northern s...

Published: 01 October 2014
Fig. 1 Tectonic sketch map of the Western Alps (the inset indicates the northern sector of the Monviso Meta-ophiolite Complex).
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( a ) Shaded digital elevation model showing the location of the study area...

( a ) Shaded digital elevation model showing the location of the study area...

Published: 01 January 2002
, reactivated in extension from the Miocene onwards; (3) the Monviso ductile normal fault, a west-dipping detachment active during the final exhumation of Monviso eclogites below the Queyras blueschists.
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( a ) Shaded digital elevation model showing the location of the study area...

( a ) Shaded digital elevation model showing the location of the study area...

Published: 01 January 2002
, reactivated in extension from the Miocene onwards; (3) the Monviso ductile normal fault, a west-dipping detachment active during the final exhumation of Monviso eclogites below the Queyras blueschists.
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Geological map (a) and representative geological cross-sections (b) of the ...

Geological map (a) and representative geological cross-sections (b) of the ...

Published: 17 July 2017
Figure 3. Geological map (a) and representative geological cross-sections (b) of the Monviso meta-ophiolite Complex (note that the scale is different from the map).