Cooling process of the basal tonalite magma, Hidaka metamorphic belt, northern Japan

Geology of the Amber - El Amino Area , Ecstall Metamorphic Belt ,

The Amber El Amino area is located 75 kilometres southeast of Prince Rupert. Access to the area is by helicopter from Prince Rupert or Terrace (Figure 1). The El Amino showing (BC MINFILE 103H 071) is located on Sulphide Creek (Figure 2) which drains eastward into Hanna (El Amino) Creek. The Amber showing (BC MINFILE 103H 171) is located 700 metres north of the El Amino showing. Hanna Creek dra...

Expedited Cooling of the Lunar Magma Ocean Due to Impacts

Cation Exchange Between Piemontite and Garnet in Piemontite-Quartz Schists from Asemi-Gawa Area of Central Shikoku, Sanbagawa Metamorphic Belt, Japan

In the Asemi-gawa area of intermediate high-pressure and low-temperature Sanbagawa metamorphic belt in central Shikoku, Japan, piemontite-quartz schists are common in which cation exchange between piemontite and garnet has been studied. Piemontite in contact with garnet usually contains two zones in which core is enriched in Mn3+ and surrounded by a rim rich in Fe3+. Garnet is Ca-Fe-bearing spe...

Biotite and Hornblende Composition Used to Investigate the Nature and Thermobarometry of Pichagchi Pluton, Northwest Sanandaj-Sirjan Metamorphic Belt, Iran

Pichagchi pluton is situated in the northeastern part of the Soursat complex in Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt of Iran. The pluton with the age of 74.20 Ma is composed mainly granodiorite, diorite, and tonalite in which mafic minerals are biotite and amphibole. In this study, composition of minerals used to describe the nature of the granitic magma and estimate the pressure and temperature at...

High-Pressure Marbles from the Nahavand Area in the Sanandaj-Sirjan Metamorphic Belt, Iran

Marbles containing high-pressure mineral assemblage was found from the Sanandaj-Sirjan metamorphic belt in the Nahavand area in western Iran.  The high-pressure marbles occur as small bodies or lenses within pelitic schist layers and show compositional banding of carbonate- and silicate- rich bands.  Textural analysis revealed two metamorphic stages.  The early stage is testified by relicts of ...