Rutile (TiO2) is an important accessory mineral that, when present, offers a rich source of
information about the rock units in which it is incorporated. It occurs in a variety of specific …

Partial melting is the fundamental process by which juvenile crust was produced from the
mantle and subsequently reworked to become the stable, compositionally-differentiated …

A set of thermodynamic models is presented that, for the first time, allows partial melting
equilibria to be calculated for metabasic rocks. The models consist of new activity …

Here, we study the relationships of titanite-hosting microdomains, intragrain chemical
variations, microstructure and fluids with the aim of deciphering the reliability of titanite U–Pb …

Granulite facies rocks frequently show a large spread in their zircon ages, the interpretation
of which raises questions: Has the isotopic system been disturbed? By what process (es) …

It is generally accepted that the subduction polarity reversal (SPR) results from the strong
collision of two plates. Yet, the SPR of the Solomon Back‐arc Basin is started in the “soft …

During the late Palaeozoic, lithospheric thinning in part of the Alpine realm caused high-
temperature low-to-medium pressure metamorphism and partial melting in the lower crust …

We investigate the inclusions hosted in peritectic garnet from metapelitic migmatites of the
Kinzigite Formation (Ivrea Zone, NW Italy) to evaluate the starting composition of the …

Abstract The Ivrea–Verbano Zone and Serie dei Laghi of northern Italy constitute a virtually
complete section of the Adriatic continental crust, which was intruded at different levels by …

Metamorphism and partial melting of the lower crust is commonly assumed to cause
depletion in heat producing elements (HPEs; K, U, Th). In the deep crust, volumetrically …