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Partial melting of zoisite eclogite from the Sanddal area, North-East Greenland Caledonides
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences,
State University of New York at Fredonia, 230 Jewett Hall, Fredonia, NY 14063, USA
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mining Resources,
China University of Geosciences, 100083 Beijing, China
Jane A. Gilotti
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Hans-Joachim Massonne
Fakultät Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55,
70569 Stuttgart, Germany
School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Hongshan, 430074 Wuhan, China
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Short summary
Zoisite eclogites from the Sanddal area, North-East Greenland, contain numerous textures, such as cusps and neoblasts, which are interpreted as melt-related textures. Mineral chemistry and thermodynamic modeling demonstrate that they were partially melted through the breakdown of hydrous minerals, phengite, paragonite and zoisite. Pressure–temperature phase diagrams show that the eclogites reached a maximum depth of ∼70 km and were partially melted near that depth and during exhumation.
Zoisite eclogites from the Sanddal area, North-East Greenland, contain numerous textures, such...
