Formation and evolution of Precambrian granulite terranes: A gravitational redistribution model
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Published:February 01, 2011
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Leonid L. Perchuk, Taras V. Gerya, 2011. "Formation and evolution of Precambrian granulite terranes: A gravitational redistribution model", Origin and Evolution of Precambrian High-Grade Gneiss Terranes, with Special Emphasis on the Limpopo Complex of Southern Africa, Dirk D. van Reenen, Jan D. Kramers, Stephen McCourt, Leonid L. Perchuk
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This paper proposes a revision of the gravitational redistribution model suggested by Leonid Perchuk for the formation, evolution, and exhumation of Precambrian high-grade terranes (HGTs) located between granite-greenstone cratons. Such HGTs are separated from greenstone belts by crustal-scale shear zones up to 10 km wide and several hundred kilometers long. Pelite samples far (>~50 km) from the bounding shear zones show coronitic and symplectitic textures that reflect a decompression-cooling (DC) pressure-temperature (P-T) path. On the other hand, samples from within ~50 km of the bounding shear zones are characterized by textures that reflect an isobaric or near-isobaric cooling (IC) path....
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Origin and Evolution of Precambrian High-Grade Gneiss Terranes, with Special Emphasis on the Limpopo Complex of Southern Africa
