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Fluids of Granulite Facies Metamorphism

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Fluid—Rock Interactions during Metamorphism

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Rocks of the granulite facies of metamorphism occupy a central role in discussions of petrogenesis of the crust. Almost all well-studied examples are Precambrian, which has suggested to many workers that metamorphic temperature regimes operating in the remote geological past were higher than are characteristic of more recent metamorphism. Granulites are widely believed to make up much of the deeper parts of the continents (Fountain and Salisbury, 1981). The depletion of some very high-grade granulites in large-ion lithophile (LIL) elements, such as U, Th, and Rb, relative to normal upper crustal rocks, increases the appeal of the granulite lower crustal model, because of the low heat flow in ancient shield areas (Heier, 1973). The dense minerals pyroxene and garnet, characteristic of quartzofeld- spathic granulites, impart elevated densities and seismic velocities, generally appropriate to the lower crust (Smithson and Brown, 1977). Granulite petrogenesis may therefore be fundamental in the accretion and stabilization of the continents.

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Newton, R.C. (1986). Fluids of Granulite Facies Metamorphism. In: Walther, J.V., Wood, B.J. (eds) Fluid—Rock Interactions during Metamorphism. Advances in Physical Geochemistry, vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4896-5_2

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