Newly discovered youngest UHT metamorphism on Earth, Western Sulawesi, Indonesia

Newly discovered youngest UHT metamorphism on Earth, Western Sulawesi, Indonesia

Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphism represents an extreme crustal thermal event with peak conditions exceeding 900 °C at 7–13 kbar. In the modern-style plate tectonic system, records of the UHT metamorphism are relatively rare due to the secular cooling of Earth. In the Palu region of Western S...

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Main Authors: Juiyen Hsia, Jian Zhang, Guochun Zhao, Jiahui Qian, Jin Liu, Min Sun, Changqing Yin, Peng Gao, Welson Weisheng Xian, Minjie Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
UHT metamorphism
Granulite
Sulawesi
Indonesia
Lithosphere delaimination
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987122001530

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