Water availability controls crustal melting temperatures
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106351
Abstract: Abstract Although the capacity for water to lower the solidus during crustal melting is well recognised, a modern consensus is that most granitic magmas are generated under fluid-absent melting conditions at temperatures ≥850 °C, and that… read more here.
Keywords: crustal melting; water availability; water; granitic magmas ... See more keywords
Crustal melting beneath orogenic plateaus: Insights from 3-D thermo-mechanical modeling
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.03.014
Abstract: Abstract Mid-crustal melting is widely documented under orogenic plateaus. However, the mechanism for its generation and its role in the evolution of orogenic plateaus remain poorly understood. Here we investigate the physical controls and consequences… read more here.
Keywords: mechanical modeling; thermo mechanical; mid crustal; orogenic plateaus ... See more keywords
1.74 Ga crustal melting after rifting at the northern Indian margin: investigation of mylonitic orthogneisses in the Kathmandu area, central Nepal
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DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2018.1504329
Abstract: ABSTRACT Mylonitic orthogneisses in the Kathmandu area, central Nepal have been investigated using whole-rock and mineral chemistry, Rb-Sr isotopes, and zircon U-Pb age dating. Zircon REE patterns determined from orthogneisses are characterized by enriched HREE… read more here.
Keywords: kathmandu area; orthogneisses kathmandu; crustal melting; area central ... See more keywords
A modern pulse of ultrafast exhumation and diachronous crustal melting in the Nanga Parbat Massif
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm2689
Abstract: We combine monazite petrochronology with thermal modeling to evaluate the relative roles of crustal melting, surface denudation, and tectonics in facilitating ultrafast exhumation of the Nanga Parbat Massif in the western Himalayan syntaxis. Our results… read more here.
Keywords: pulse ultrafast; ultrafast exhumation; nanga parbat; exhumation ... See more keywords