[HTML][HTML] On ultrahigh temperature crustal metamorphism: Phase equilibria, trace element thermometry, bulk composition, heat sources, timescales and tectonic …

DE Kelsey, M Hand - Geoscience Frontiers, 2015 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh temperature (UHT) metamorphism is the most thermally extreme form of regional
crustal metamorphism, with temperatures exceeding 900° C. UHT crustal metamorphism is …

Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature granulites in the North China Craton: implications for tectonic models on extreme crustal metamorphism

M Santosh, SJ Liu, T Tsunogae, JH Li - Precambrian Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphic rocks associated with the 'Khondalite Belt'within
the Inner Mongolia Suture Zone (IMSZ) provide robust evidence for extreme thermal …

Timing of Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton: evidence from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology

M Santosh, SA Wilde, JH Li - Precambrian Research, 2007 - Elsevier
We report SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages from two samples of Mg–Al granulite and one of
normal khondalite from the Khondalite belt of Inner Mongolia, North China Craton. These …

Discovery of sapphirine-bearing Mg–Al granulites in the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh temperature metamorphism

M Santosh, T Tsunogae, JH Li, SJ Liu - Gondwana Research, 2007 - Elsevier
We report here for the first time the occurrence of Mg–Al granulites within the khondalite belt
of the North China Craton and provide robust evidence for extreme crustal metamorphism at …

Extreme crustal metamorphism during Columbia supercontinent assembly: evidence from North China Craton

M Santosh, K Sajeev, JH Li - Gondwana Research, 2006 - Elsevier
A vast supracrustal belt of khondalites (granulite facies metapelites) occur along the
northern margin of the North China Craton. We report here for the first time spinel+ quartz …

A 2.5 Ga porphyry Cu–Mo–Au deposit at Malanjkhand, central India: implications for Late Archean continental assembly

HJ Stein, JL Hannah, A Zimmerman, RJ Markey… - Precambrian …, 2004 - Elsevier
Eight Re–Os ages from six molybdenite samples representative of the Cu–Mo–Au
mineralization at the giant Malanjkhand deposit in Madhya Pradesh were obtained using ID …

Counterclockwise exhumation of a hot orogen: the Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature granulites in the North China Craton

M Santosh, K Sajeev, JH Li, SJ Liu, T Itaya - Lithos, 2009 - Elsevier
Regional metamorphic belts provide important constraints on the plate tectonic architecture
of orogens. We report here a detailed petrologic examination of the sapphirine-bearing ultra …

Extending our understanding of ultrahigh temperature crustal metamorphism

SL Harley - Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Rapid developments in the scope and quality of internally consistent thermodynamic data
sets arising from the incorporation of new experimental data and solid| solution models for …

CO2 flushing: a plate tectonic perspective

M Santosh, S Omori - Gondwana Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The anhydrous mineral assemblages that characterize granulite facies rocks, including
charnockites and ultrahigh-temperature rocks, require that water activity was buffered to low …

Carbonic metamorphism at ultrahigh-temperatures: evidence from North China Craton

M Santosh, T Tsunogae, H Ohyama, K Sato… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008 - Elsevier
The North China Craton (NCC) constitutes one of the fundamental Precambrian nuclei of
Asia. The Paleoproterozoic khondalite belt along the northern margin of the NCC shows …