Mg–Fe carpholites from aluminous schists in the Diahot region and implications for preservation of high‐pressure/low‐temperature schists, northern New Caledonia
- 5 May 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Metamorphic Geology
- Vol. 11 (3) , 455-460
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1993.tb00162.x
Abstract
Mg–Fe carpholite is widespread in the Diahot region of New Caledonia in highly aluminous schists and as veins in what was originally a clay‐rich hydrothermal alteration envelope about massive suphide deposits. These carpholites have Fe/(Fe + Mg) ratios of 0.03–0.65 and no significant Mn component. Mg‐carpholite + quartz occur in assemblages with chlorite or pyrophyllite, pyrophyllite + kaolinite and pyrophyllite + diaspore. Temperatures of 230–320° C and minimum pressures of 7 kbar are indicated for the Mg–Fe carpholite‐bearing rocks. The regional distribution of aragonite and Mg–Fe carpholite parallel to a major zone of dominantly transcurrent movement and oblique to the trend of the subduction complex indicates the high‐P/low‐T schists owe their rapid uplift and preservation to the vertical component of the transcurrent faulting.Keywords
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