Retrograde metamorphism in the Yamato Mountains, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Masao Asami, Kazuyuki Shiraishi
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Geological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, Okayama University/National Institute of Polar Research 1985
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Prince Olav Coast; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1790; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001790/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1790&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Retrograde metamorphism which affected the granulite-facies garnetbiotite gneiss and calc-silicate gneiss from Massif A in the Yamato Mountains was petrographically revealed. In the garnet-biotite gneiss, the association of ferruginous matrix biotite (Type I biotite) and magnesian interior of zoned...