Fluid inclusions in quartz related to subsequent stages of foliation development during a single metamorphic cycle (Schneeberg Fault Zone, Eastern Alps, Austria)

This study corroborates the successful approach of combining mineral growth, fluid inclusions and macro- to micro-scale deformation stages to constrain a prograde to retrograde growth history of metamorphic minerals like garnet and quartz even though these underwent polyphase deformation and upper amphibolite facies metamorphism. It supports previous arguments about low differential stress at high-pressure conditions and allows speculations about the location of the metasediments of the Schneeberg Fault Zone nearby the low strength plate interface during late stage of Cretaceous subduction and subsequent early exhumation.