Petrology and Geochronology of Granulites from the McKaskle Hills, Eastern Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and Implications for the Evolution of the Prydz Belt

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiaochun, Zhao, Yue, Zhao, Guochun, Jian, Ping, Xu, Gang
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2007
• Subjects: Original Papers; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; McKaskle Hills; Prince Charles Mountains; Prydz Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/48/8/1443; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egm024

A combined petrological and geochronological study was carried out on mafic granulites and associated felsic gneisses from the McKaskle Hills, eastern Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Garnet-bearing mafic granulites exhibit reaction textures and exsolution textures that indicate two-stage metamorph...