Dehydration melting and the granulite transition in metapelites from southern Namaqualand, S. Africa
Dehydration melting and the granulite transition in metapelites from southern Namaqualand, S. Africa
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南非纳马夸兰南部变泥岩中的脱水熔融和麻粒岩转变
DOI:
10.1007/bf00380171
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发表时间:
1984
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
C. Whales
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作者:
D. Waters;C. Whales
In a prograde amphibolite-granulite transition zone in the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, metapelites show an interbanding of the amphibolite facies association biotite+sillimanite+quartz with the granulite facies association garnet+cordierite+K-feldspar. Relict graded bedding shows that compositional banding is of sedimentary origin. The garnet-cordierite-K-feldspar gneisses contain quartzofeldspathic segregations surrounding garnets, and have more Fe-rich bulk compositions than the biotite-sillimanite schists.The contrasting asemblages could have formed at the same pressure and temperature provided thata(H2O) was systematically lower in the garnet-cordierite-K-feldspar layers. Thea(H2O) reduction resulted from the production of silicate melt by a vapour-absent continuous Fe-Mg reaction such as biotite+sillimanite+quartz=garnet+K-feldspar+liquid which affects Fe-rich compositions before vapour-absent melting occurs in more Mg-rich rocks. The segregations represent the solid and liquid products of the reaction.Such processes imply local control ofa(H2O), and indicate that this granulite transition did not result from a regional influx of metasomatising fluids.