The Dolomite region is located in the Southern Alps which were affected by a Mesozoic extensional tectonics and by consequent thermal perturbations. In this work, vitrinite reflectance and apatite fission-track analysis are used to estimate the thermal evolution. These methodologies have been applied to the Permo-Mesozoic succession which crops out along the TRANSALP seismic profile. The regional distribution of the organic matter maturity seems to be mainly controlled by different burial reached during the Norian-Liassic extensional phase, in connection with high heat flow values. The best solutions obtained from thermal modelling of both vitrinite and fission-track data suggest that peak of high heat flow occurred during Bajocian-Bathonian ages, when western Tethys was characterized by intrusions of gabbros and plagiogranites and extrusion of tholeiite basalts. This time coincides with the onset of the drifting phase and related thermal subsidence. Following thermal relaxation occurred during continous sedimentation and, therefore, maximum burial does not coincide with peak temperatures. Cooling history has been then carefully analyzed through apatite fission-track data on samples collected close to the Valsugana overthrust which document an important exhumation event at about 10 Ma. The related erosion has been analyzed through the combined use of arenite petrography and fission-track analysis on detrital samples of the Veneto foredeep succession, which represents the storage of detritus during Tertiary. These data confirm that after Serravalian the Southalpine domain and related covers were affected by subaerial erosion.

From Middle Jurassic heating to Neogene cooling: the thermochronological evolution of the southern Alps

ZATTIN, MASSIMILIANO;
2005

Abstract

The Dolomite region is located in the Southern Alps which were affected by a Mesozoic extensional tectonics and by consequent thermal perturbations. In this work, vitrinite reflectance and apatite fission-track analysis are used to estimate the thermal evolution. These methodologies have been applied to the Permo-Mesozoic succession which crops out along the TRANSALP seismic profile. The regional distribution of the organic matter maturity seems to be mainly controlled by different burial reached during the Norian-Liassic extensional phase, in connection with high heat flow values. The best solutions obtained from thermal modelling of both vitrinite and fission-track data suggest that peak of high heat flow occurred during Bajocian-Bathonian ages, when western Tethys was characterized by intrusions of gabbros and plagiogranites and extrusion of tholeiite basalts. This time coincides with the onset of the drifting phase and related thermal subsidence. Following thermal relaxation occurred during continous sedimentation and, therefore, maximum burial does not coincide with peak temperatures. Cooling history has been then carefully analyzed through apatite fission-track data on samples collected close to the Valsugana overthrust which document an important exhumation event at about 10 Ma. The related erosion has been analyzed through the combined use of arenite petrography and fission-track analysis on detrital samples of the Veneto foredeep succession, which represents the storage of detritus during Tertiary. These data confirm that after Serravalian the Southalpine domain and related covers were affected by subaerial erosion.
2005
Zattin M.; Cuman A.; Fantoni R.; Martin S.; Scotti P.; Stefani C.
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