Pristine microstructures in pseudotachylytes formed in dry lower crust, Lofoten, Norway

• Main Authors: Dunkel, Kristina G., Morales, Luiz F.G., Jamtveit, Bjørn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society 2021
• Subjects: Lofoten; Norway; Moskenesøya
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/470677; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000470677

Feldspar-rich pseudotachylytes from the island of Moskenesøya, Lofoten, formed in dry granulites under lower crustal conditions during the Caledonian orogeny. The central parts of the pseudotachylytes, where the cooling rates were slowest, are characterized by microlites and spherulites of plagiocla...