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.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2015
• Subjects: Physics; Greenland; Liverpool Land; East Greenland
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/phy_fac/481; https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12167; https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/context/phy_fac/article/1490/viewcontent/JohnstonS_2015_MigmatiteGneissJaettedal.pdf

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 continental colli...