Migmatite gneiss of the Jættedal complex, Liverpool Land, East Greenland: protracted high‐ T metamorphism in the overriding plate of the Caledonian orogen

• Published in: Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Main Authors: Johnston, S. M., Kylander‐Clark, A., Brueckner, H. K.
• Other Authors: NSF-EAR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Geochemistry and Petrology; Geology; Greenland; Liverpool Land; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12167; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjmg.12167; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jmg.12167

Abstract The Greenland Caledonides (GC) formed in the overriding Laurentian plate during the closure of the Iapetus Ocean and the subduction of Baltica, and offer a unique opportunity to study metamorphic patterns, regional structures and the kinematic evolution of the overriding plate of a continen...