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Corundum-bearing and spinel-bearing symplectites in ultrahigh-pressure eclogites record high-temperature overprint and partial melting during slab exhumation
Pan Tang
School of Construction Management, Jiangsu Vocational Institute of
Architectural Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Shun Guo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of
Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing
100029, China
Innovation Academy for Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing 100029, China
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Short summary
In this study, unusual corundum- and spinel-bearing symplectites after muscovite were found in ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from the Dabie terrane, China. The results indicate that these symplectites formed by the low-pressure partial melting of muscovite during slab exhumation. We stress that the occurrence of corundum- and spinel-bearing symplectites after muscovite in eclogites provides important implications for fluid and melt actions in exhumed slabs.
In this study, unusual corundum- and spinel-bearing symplectites after muscovite were found in...
