Tectono-metamorphic evolution of an evaporitic décollement as recorded by mineral and fluid geochemistry: the “Nappe des Gypses” (Western Alps) case study Guillaume Barré1*, Pierre Strzerzynski2, Raymond Michels1, Stéphane Guillot3, Pierre Cartigny4, Emilie Thomassot5, Catherine Lorgeoux1, Nelly Assayag4, Laurent Truche3 1Université de Lorraine, CNRS, GeoRessources, UMR 7359, BP 70239, F-54506 Vandoeuvre- lès-Nancy, France 2Laboratoire de Géologie UFR Sciences et Technique, CNRS, UMR6112, Université du Mans, Avenue O. Messiaen, 72000 Le Mans, France 3Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France 4Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), 1 Rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France 5CNRS, CRPG, UMR 7359, 15 rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, F-54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France *e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract Evaporites play a major role on the structuration of collisional orogens especially when they act as décollement units. However, their exact pressure-temperature-deformation (P-T-d) paths are poorly documented. In this study, the first direct P-T-d constraints of the “Nappe des Gypses” formation (western French Alps) have been established. An innovative association of structural geology, petrography, crystallochemistry, and detailed study of both fluid inclusions and stable isotopes (C, O) analysis has been applied to this evaporitic facies. Geochemical analysis shows that the “Nappe des Gypses” formation has recorded the three typical metamorphic and deformational events of the Alps (namely D1, D2 and D3). These different constraints allow the determination of the first determination of the P-T path for this unit. Metamorphic peak conditions of the “Nappe des Gypses” are at 16.6 ± 2.3 kbars and 431°C ± 28°C.