P–T evolution of a spinel + quartz bearing khondalite from the Highland Complex, Sri Lanka Implications for non-UHT metamorphism》.pdf

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 95 (2014) 99–113 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Asian Earth Sciences journal homepage: www.else /locate/jseaes P–T evolution of a spinel + quartz bearing khondalite from the Highland Complex, Sri Lanka: Implications for non-UHT metamorphism P.L. Dharmapriya a,b,⇑, Sanjeewa P.K. Malaviarachchi a,b,⇑, Andrea Galli c, Ben-Xun Su d, N.D. Subasinghe e, C.B. Dissanayake e, T.B. Nimalsiri a,e, Bin Zhu d,f a Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka b Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka c Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Sonnegstrasse 5, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland d Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China e Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka f University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Here, we report a natural field example for the coexistence of spinel + quartz as a non-UHT assemblage in Received 10 February 2014 spinel- and cordierite-bearing garnet-sillimanite-biotite-graphite gneiss (khondalite) interbedded with Received in revised form 30 April 2014 orthopyroxene-garnet-biotite bearing intermediate granulites from the Highland Complex (HC) in Sri Accepted 2 May 2014 Lanka. The khondalite contains Zn-rich spinel mainly in four textural assemblages namely: (a) spinel Available online 15 May