Abstract
New analyses of a garnet-clinopyroxene rock ('eclogite') and its constituent minerals from the Sittampundi complex of India are presented. The rock has a composition comparable with an alkali- poor tholeiite and this composition, as well as the garnet and pyroxene are very similar to those from South Harris. The apparent distribution coefficient for the garnet-clinopyroxene pair suggests a temperature of equilibration near 850 C. Projection of the experimental data of Green and Ringwood (1967) down to this temperature suggests a pressure of about 7 to 8 kbar. This is well below the pressure of the granulite-eclogite transition.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 555-560 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Mineralogical Magazine |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 289 |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 1970 |