An Exposed Hercynian Deep Crustal Section in the Sila Massif of Northern Calabria: Mineral Chemistry, Petrology and a P-T Path of Granulite-facies Metapelitic Migmatites and Metabasites

In the Sila massif of northern Calabria a continuous sectionis exposed through a segment of a Hercynian deep continentalcrust, which has been interpreted by previous workers as a stackof basement nappes (‘Monte Gariglione Complex’).The section consists essentially of metapelitic migmatites andsubordinate metabasites and marbles, which were metamorphosedat medium-pressure–high-temperature granulite-facies conditions.A continuous metamorphic gradient through the exposed segmentcan be deduced from the systematic change in the compositionsof ferromagnesian minerals in divariant metapelitic assemblages.This gradient is partly supported by conventional geothermobarometryand by applying the TWEEQU method. However, peak-metamorphicconditions are better defined by dehydration melting reactions,which reveal