Ti-in quartz thermobarometry for Bhutan quartz mylonites

Abstract: Ti-in-quartz thermobarometry (TitaniQ) is based on the pressure and temperature (P-T) dependence of the solubility of titanium in quartz (Huang & Audetat, 2012; Kawasaki & Osanai, 2008; Ostapenko et al., 1987; Ostapenko et al., 2007; Thomas et al., 2010; Wark & Watson, 2006). All trace element measurements were performed on the sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe reverse-geometry (SHRIMP-RG) at Stanford University. The Ti-in-Quartz data were interpreted in terms of deformation temperatures of quartz mylonites along the Main central Thrust.

Other Description: Deformational temperatures across the Lesser Himalayan Sequence in eastern Bhutan and their implications for the deformation history of the Main Central Thrust. Tectonics, In press