Partial melting during tectonic exhumation of a granulite terrane: an example from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Main Authors: CARSON, C. J., POWELL, * R., WILSON, C. J. L., DIRKS, P. H. G. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1997
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Larsemann Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00059.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1525-1314.1997.00059.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00059.x

Anatectic migmatites in medium‐ to low‐pressure granulite facies metasediments exposed in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, contain leucosomes with abundant quartz and plagioclase and minor interstitial K‐feldspar, and assemblages of garnet–cordierite–spinel–ilmenite–sillimanite. Qualitative mod...