Discovery of kyanite in typically cordierite/sillimanite-bearing low- to medium-pressure pelitic granulites from the Jiaobei terrain, North China Craton

• Published in: Precambrian research Vol. 342; p. 105677
• Main Authors: Zou, Yi, Zhai, Mingguo, Mitchell, Ross N., Zhao, Lei, Zhou, Ligang, Liu, Bo, Wang, Yuquan, Chen, Mengdie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.06.2020
• Subjects: Cordierite; High-pressure granulite-facies; Kyanite; Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics; Pelitic granulites; Cordierite; Paleoproterozoic plate tectonics; Pelitic granulites; High-pressure granulite-facies; Kyanite

•Kyanite relics are identified from typically cordierite/sillimanite-bearing LMP pelitic granulites.•At least some LMP pelitic granulites are retrograded from HP types.•The linear distribution of HP pelitic granulites within the Jiaobei terrane is defined.•The JLJB is a continental orogenic belt for...