Partial melting of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite by omphacite-breakdown facilitates exhumation of deeply-subducted crust
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116664
Abstract: Abstract Results from numerical modelling and experimental petrology have led to the hypothesis that partial melting was important in facilitating exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks from mantle depths. However, the melting reactions responsible are… read more here.
Keywords: ultrahigh pressure; leucosome pockets; omphacite breakdown; partial melting ... See more keywords