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Retrograde contact meta-morphism in the granulite facies terrain of Mont Tremblant Park, Quebec, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Michael B. Katz
Michael B. Katz
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology, University of Celyon, Peradeniya, Ceylon
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Summary

The Pre-Cambrian rocks of the Grenville province of south-west Quebec in the Mont Tremblant Park area consists of granulites and associated gneisses formed under granulite facies conditions which are intruded by members of an anorthosite suite. At the contacts of these intrusives especially the late-stage members, the granulites and gneisses were found to be retrograded into rocks with mineral assemblages typical of the amphibolite facies. The transformation of the granulite facies rocks into rocks of lower amphibolite grade can be attributed to local introduction of water which was supplied during the emplacement and crystallization of this late-stage, volatile-enriched magma of the anorthosite suite.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 105 , Issue 5 , October 1968 , pp. 487 - 492
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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