Himalayan leucogranites and migmatites: nature, timing and duration of anatexis

RF Weinberg - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread anatexis was a regional response to the evolution of the Himalayan‐Tibetan
Orogen that occurred some 30 Ma after collision between Asia and India. This paper reviews …

[HTML][HTML] What can we learn from melt inclusions in migmatites and granulites?

B Cesare, A Acosta-Vigil, O Bartoli, S Ferrero - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
With less than two decades of activity, research on melt inclusions (MI) in crystals from rocks
that have undergone crustal anatexis–migmatites and granulites–is a recent addition to …

Crustal melting vs. fractionation of basaltic magmas: Part 1, granites and paradigms

JF Moyen, V Janoušek, O Laurent, O Bachmann… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Granitoids are a major component of the continental crust. They play a pivotal role in its
evolution, either by adding new material (continental growth), or by reworking older …

Partial melting in the Higher Himalayan Crystallines of Eastern Nepal: the effect of decompression and implications for the 'Channel Flow'model

C Groppo, F Rolfo, A Indares - Journal of Petrology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Partial melting of deep continental crust may occur during either prograde heating or
decompression. Although the effect of temperature on crustal melting has been widely …

Synexhumation anatexis of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks: petrological evidence from granitic gneiss in the Sulu orogen

YX Chen, YF Zheng, Z Hu - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
Petrological evidence is provided for partial melting of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP)
metamorphic granitic gneiss in the Sulu orogen. Petrographic observations show the …

Petrological and geochronological evidence for Paleoproterozoic granulite-facies metamorphism of the South Liaohe Group in the Jiao-Liao-Ji belt, North China …

PH Liu, FL Liu, ZH Tian, J Cai, L Ji, F Wang - Precambrian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
To better understand the formation of high-temperature metamorphic rocks, we present a
detailed petrological and geochronological study of recently discovered cordierite-bearing …

Granitoid magmas preserved as melt inclusions in high-grade metamorphic rocks

O Bartoli, A Acosta-Vigil, S Ferrero… - American Mineralogist, 2016 - degruyter.com
This review presents a compositional database of primary anatectic granitoid magmas,
entirely based on melt inclusions (MI) in high-grade metamorphic rocks. Although MI are …

Micropetrology: Are inclusions grains of truth?

S Ferrero, RJ Angel - Journal of Petrology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Inclusions in minerals, whether fluids, melts or crystalline phases, are small pieces of the
large-scale puzzle of Nature, time-consuming to investigate and often of difficult …

Monazite behaviour during isothermal decompression in pelitic granulites: A case study from Dinggye, Tibetan Himalaya

JM Wang, FY Wu, D Rubatto, SR Liu, JJ Zhang… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2017 - Springer
Monazite is a key accessory mineral for metamorphic geochronology, but interpretation of its
complex chemical and age zoning acquired during high-temperature metamorphism and …

Timing of partial melting and cooling across the Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex (Nyalam, Central Himalaya): In-sequence thrusting and its implications

JM Wang, D Rubatto, JJ Zhang - Journal of Petrology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The timing of crustal melting and cooling has been investigated across the migmatites of the
Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex (GHC) in the Nyalam region, central Himalaya …