Rare evidence for formation of garnet + corundum during isobaric cooling of ultrahigh temperature metapelites New insights for retrograde P–T trajectory of the Highland Complex, Sri Lanka》.pdf

Lithos 220–223 (2015) 300–317 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Lithos jour nal homepage: www.el sevier. com/ locate/ lithos Rare evidence for formation of garnet + corundum during isobaric cooling of ultrahigh temperature metapelites: New insights for retrograde P–T trajectory of the Highland Complex, Sri Lanka P.L. Dharmapriya a,b,⁎, Sanjeeva P.K. Malaviarachchi a,b,⁎, Andrea Galli c, Ben-Xun Su d, N.D. Subasinghe e, C.B. Dissanayake e a Post Graduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka b Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of 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, 100029 Beijing, China e Institute of Fundamental Studies, Hantana Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: We report the occurrence of coexisting garnet + corundum in spinel- and corundum-bearing, garnet–sillimanite– Received 10 July 2014 biotite–graphite gneiss (pelitic granulites) from the Highland Complex (HC), Sri Lanka. In the investigated pelitic Accepted 10 January 2015 granulites, two domains such as quartz-saturated and quartz-undersaturated are distinguishable. The quartz- Available online 3 February 2015 saturated domains consist of porphyroblastic garnet, quartz, plagioclase, alkali-feldspar and biotite flakes rimming