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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-715-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-715-2023
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04 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 04 Sep 2023

Partial melting of amphibole–clinozoisite eclogite at the pressure maximum (eclogite type locality, Eastern Alps, Austria)

Simon Schorn, Anna Rogowitz, and Christoph A. Hauzenberger

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We investigate rocks called eclogite, which are related to subduction and the collision of continents. Our samples show evidence of limited melting at high pressure corresponding to about 70 km depth, which may play an important role in the exhumation of these rocks and the differentiation of the crust. However, due to their composition and metamorphic evolution, melt production is limited, suggesting that similar rocks are unlikely to contribute strongly to subduction-related magmatism.