Symplectite and kelyphite formation during decompression of mafic granulite from Gjelsvikfjella, central Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Published in: European Journal of Mineralogy
• Main Authors: S. Elvevold, J. Jacobs, L.-E. R. Pedersen, Ø. Sunde, A. K. Engvik, P. I. Myhre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Mineralogy; QE351-399.2; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Gjelsvikfjella; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-969-2023; https://doaj.org/article/3a7a16a79c91497b95350e032ff582ba

Central Dronning Maud Land (cDML) is part of the late Mesoproterozoic Maud Belt in East Antarctica, which was metamorphosed and deformed during the Ediacaran–Cambrian Gondwana assembly. Here we study high-pressure (HP) mafic rocks in Gjelsvikfjella, cDML, which occur as lenses and pods transposed in...