Hi,
Richard just got in ahead of me regarding Broken Hill and Reynolds
Range, two excellent low-P/high-T cases.
Simon
Quoting "White, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> on Thu, 20 Nov 2014
16:57:17 +0000:
> You could try Broken Hill or the Reynolds Range, they are probably
> both as good as it gets, with pretty continuos outcrop and a good
> andalusite to sillimanite transition. Rocks on the Banff coast do
> actually also get to pretty high grade, above the solidus.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 20 Nov 2014, at 04:59, "David Kelsey"
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> Hello geo-metamorphism community,
>
> Does anyone out there know of regional high thermal gradient
> ("Buchan"/HT-LP) terranes that are obliquely exposed, showing a
> greenschist (or less) to granulite facies progression? I'm ideally
> interested in such terranes that also contain metapelite traceable
> from low through to high grade.
>
> Thank you in advance for suggestions
>
> Cheers, Dave Kelsey
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