Retrograde melt-residue interaction and the formation of near-anhydrous leucosomes in migmatites

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 579-597

  White, R W ^a   Powell, R ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical potential; Diffusion; Migmatite; Thermocalc

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROUS PRODUCT; CHEMICAL ISOLATION; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DIFFUSIONAL INTERACTIONS; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; GRANULITE FACIES; K-FELDSPAR; LEUCOSOMES; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MELT LOSS; MELT SEGREGATION; MIGMATITE; MOBILE SPECIES; RHEOLOGICAL TRANSITION; THERMOCALC;

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; CHEMICALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FELDSPAR; MICA; ORGANIC POLYMERS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

BIOTITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FELDSPAR; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRANULITE FACIES; LEUCOSOME; MELT; MIGMATITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; WATER;

EID: 77950847726     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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