Experimental generation of cordierite-or garnet-bearing granitic liquids from a pelitic composition

T. H. Green

doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1976)4<85:EGOCGG>2.0.CO;2

Experimental generation of cordierite-or garnet-bearing granitic liquids from a pelitic composition

T. H. Green^*

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ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (incorporation ARC National Key Centre for Geochemical evolution and Metallogeny of Continents (GEMOC))

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High-pressure experimental melting studies on a pelitic composition with 2 and 5 percent by weight of added water demonstrate that cordierite, quartz, biotite, sillimanite, and plagioclase are important residual phases coexisting with granitic liquid at 4 kb and are joined by garnet at 7 kb. At 10 kb, garnet quartz, biotite, sillimanite, and plagioclase constitute the residuum coexisting with granitic liquid. Compositions of residual phases and their Mg-Fe partition relationships compare closely with phases from cordierite- and garnet-bearing granitic rocks in eastern Australia and strongly support geochemical arguments that this particular granitic suite is derived by partial melting of pelitic sediments. Thus, the cordierite-bearing granitic rocks were probably derived by partial melting of pelite at >25-km depth, whereas the garnet-bearing granites were derived at ≥25-km depth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-88
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geology
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1976)4<85:EGOCGG>2.0.CO;2
Publication status	Published - 1976

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Experimental generation of cordierite-or garnet-bearing granitic liquids from a pelitic composition

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