Multi-stage reaction history in different eclogite types from the Pakistan Himalaya and implications for exhumation processes

• Published in: Lithos Vol. 114; no. 1; pp. 70 - 85
• Main Authors: Wilke, Franziska D.H., O'Brien, Patrick J., Altenberger, Uwe, Konrad-Schmolke, Matthias, Khan, M. Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2010
• Subjects: Coesite; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Eclogites; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Glaucophane; Himalaya; Kaghan Valley; Multi-stage exhumation; Coesite; Eclogites; Multi-stage exhumation; Glaucophane; Kaghan Valley; Himalaya

Metabasites were sampled from rock series of the subducted margin of the Indian Plate, the so-called Higher Himalayan Crystalline, in the Upper Kaghan Valley, Pakistan. These vary from corona dolerites, cropping out around Saif-ul-Muluk in the south, to coesite–eclogite close to the suture zone agai...