Reactions and textures in grossular–wollastonite–scapolite calc–silicate granulites from Maligawila, Sri Lanka evidence for high-temperature isobaric cooling in the meta-sediments of the Highland Complex》.pdf

Lithos 59 (2001) 217–232 /locate/lithos Reactions and textures in grossular–wollastonite–scapolite calc–silicate granulites from Maligawila, Sri Lanka: evidence for high-temperature isobaric cooling in the meta-sediments of the Highland Complex V. Mathavan a, G.W.A.R. Fernando b, * aDepartment of Geology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka bInstitut fur Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany ¨ ¨ Received 18 July 2000; accepted 1 August 2001 Abstract Grossular–wollastonite–scapolite calc–silicate granulites from Maligawila in the Buttala klippe, which form part of the overthrusted rocks of the Highland Complex of Sri Lanka, preserve a number of spectacular coronas and replacement textures that could be effectively used to infer their P–T –fluid history. These textures include coronas of garnet, garnet–quartz, and garnet–quartz–calcite at the grain boundaries of wollastonite, scapolite, and calcite as well as calcite–plagioclase and calcite– quartz symplectites or finer grains after scapolite and wollastonite respectively. Other textures include a double rind of coronal scapolite and coronal garnet between matrix garnet and calcite. The reactions that produced these coronas and replacement textures, except those involving clinopyroxene, are modelled in the CaO–Al O –SiO –CO system using the reduced