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Retrogression of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite, Western Gneiss Region, Norway
Dirk Spengler
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Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Adam Włodek
Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Xin Zhong
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, 12449 Berlin, Germany
Anselm Loges
Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, 12449 Berlin, Germany
Simon J. Cuthbert
Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Krakow, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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Gerhard Franz, Martin Kutzschbach, Eleanor J. Berryman, Anette Meixner, Anselm Loges, and Dina Schultze
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Annette Süssenberger, Susanne Theodora Schmidt, Florian H. Schmidt, and Manuel F. G. Weinkauf
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Short summary
Rock lenses from the diamond stability field (>120 km depth) within ordinary gneiss are enigmatic. Even more when these lenses form an alternating exposure pattern with ordinary lenses. We studied 10 lenses from W Norway and found that many of them have a hidden history. Tiny needles of quartz enclosed in old pyroxene cores are evidence for a rock origin at great depth. These needles survived the rocks' passage to the surface that variably obscured the mineral chemistry – the rocks' memory.
Rock lenses from the diamond stability field (>120 km depth) within ordinary gneiss are...
