Partial melting at continental lithosphere depths plays an important role in generating
geochemical variations in igneous rocks. In particular, dehydration melting of ultrahigh …

Although the exhumation of high pressure (HP) and ultrahigh pressure (UHP) rocks is an
integral process in subduction, it is a transient process, likely taking place during the …

Subduction zones are tectonic expressions of convergent plate margins, where crustal rocks
descend into and interact with the overlying mantle wedge. They are the geodynamic system …

The study of continental deep-subduction has been one of the forefront and core subjects to
advance the plate tectonics theory in the twenty-first century. The Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt …

Using the peri-Mediterranean blueschist belts as a case study we discuss the mechanisms
of syn-orogenic exhumation of high-pressure (HP) and ultra-highpressure (UHP) rocks. The …

Significant volume of wet melting requires an influx of H2O-rich volatile phase. In hydrate-
breakdown melting, initial melt accumulation is diffusion-controlled and melt accumulates …

Abstract The North Qaidam ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt in the northern
Tibetan Plateau is considered as a typical Alpine-type UHP metamorphic belt due to the …

A new dataset for the high-pressure to ultrahigh-pressure Western Gneiss Region allows the
definition of distinct structural and petrological domains. Much of the study area is an E …

Experiments have been carried out on a metagreywacke at 800, 850 and 900° C, in the
pressure range 0.5–5 GPa to locate the solidus and the eclogite/amphibolite facies transition …

Convergent plate boundaries are characterized by the development of crustal orogenic
wedges and orogenic plateaus but also by gravitational collapse of previously thickened …