| Abstract: | The early metamorphic history of high-grade exotic blocks in the Franciscan Complex may be more complicated than previously supposed. The different assemblages of high-grade glaucophane schists, eclogite, amphibolite and hornblende schist are commonly considered to have formed at the same time from essentially unmetamorphosed oceanic crust. However, new textural and mineralogical data presented here suggest that high-grade glaucophane schist and eclogite have replaced an earlier epidote-amphibolite facies assemblage that is identical to the primary assemblages in many of the hornblende-rich blocks. At least some of the hornblende-rich blocks may therefore be well-preserved remnants of the earlier metamorphism. Comparison of the mineral assemblages and element partititioning in the mixed-assemblage blocks suggests that the glaucophane schist and eclogite metamorphism took place at slightly lower temperatures but at the same or higher pressures than the earlier, hornblende-forming stage. -Authors |
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| ProdID: | 70015836 |
| Citation Author: | Moore, D. E.; Blake, Jr, M. C. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Metamorphic Geology |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | New evidence for polyphase metamorphism of glaucophane schist and eclogite exotic blocks in the Franciscan Complex, California and Oregon; 1989; Article; Journal; Journal of Metamorphic Geology; Moore, D. E.; Blake, Jr, M. C. |
| Citation Start Page: | 211 |
| Citation Volume: | 7 |
| Citation Year: | 1989 |
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| Text: | New evidence for polyphase metamorphism of glaucophane schist and eclogite exotic blocks in the Franciscan Complex, California and Oregon; 1989; Article; Journal; Journal of Metamorphic Geology; Moore, D. E.; Blake, Jr, M. C. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1989 00:00 -0600 |
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