The Variscides of Europe and N-Africa are the result of the convergence of the plates of
Gondwana and Laurussia in the Paleozoic. This orogen is characterized by the juxtaposition …

Many studies of experimental petrology have devoted to partial melting of crustal rocks. In
order to provide lithochemical constraints on granite petrogenesis, this paper presents a …

The origin of different kinds of granitic rocks is examined within the framework of
experimental studies of melting of metamorphic rocks, and of reaction between basaltic …

The largest accumulations of rhyolitic melt in the upper crust occur in voluminous silicic
crystal mushes, which sometimes erupt as unzoned, crystal-rich ignimbrites, but are most …

The Rheic Ocean, which separated Laurussia from Gondwana following the closure of
Iapetus, is arguably the most important ocean of the Palaeozoic. Its suture extends from …

Migmatites are highly heterogeneous rocks found in high-grade metamorphic environments;
they are commonly encountered in the continental crust. Until now, many geologists have …

The Hercynian Köse composite pluton (KCP) is located in the Eastern Pontides, Turkey, and
consists of two units of high-K calc-alkaline, primarily peraluminous granites:(i) the internal …

The Mesozoic geology of southeastern (SE) China was characterized by emplacement of
voluminous felsic magmas. We present zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopic compositions and whole …

Recent results of studies aimed to determine the water solubilities and the liquidus
temperatures in synthetic and natural granitic systems are used to constrain the minimum …

Granodiorites and tonalites (Granotonalites in this review paper) form large batholiths at
active continental margins and collisional orogens. Although the relation with subduction is …