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Whiteschist

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Whiteschists have a chemistry that only very rarely occurs as the primary composition of rocks. This implies that they can only form under conditions where other chemical components have been removed by large scale metasomatism, strongly altering the original rock composition. The mobile components
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Schreyer, W.; Abraham K. (1976). "Three-Stage Metamorphic History of a Whiteschist from Sar e Sang, Afghanistan, as Part of a Former Evaporite Deposit".
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Schreyer, W. (1977). "Whiteschists: Their compositions and pressure-temperature regimes based on experimental, field, and petrographic evidence".
560:"Timing and PT evolution of whiteschist metamorphism in the Lufilian Arc-Zambezi Belt orogen (Zambia): Implications for the assembly of Gondwana" 496: 149:, one in the Norwegian Caledonides, two in the Alps and three in Asia. One of the most extensive outcrops of whiteschist occurs within the 630: 160:. This northwest-southeast trending zone extends for about 700 km. The whiteschist is found with rocks bearing the assemblages 407: 129:(MFASH) system. Rocks of this primary chemistry are extremely uncommon and they are in most cases thought to be the result of 1627: 408:"Preliminary investigation of in-situ, high-pressure, high-ƒO2 metasomatism and metamorphism of meta-basalt to whiteschist" 478: 683: 663: 623: 35:, responsible for its white colour. The name was introduced in 1973 by German mineralogist and petrologist 1108: 1073: 571: 532: 361: 310: 273: 256:, Rb, Ba, Th. Another feature of whiteschists is that iron and manganese only occur in their highest 441:"First report of felsic whiteschist in the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic belt of Dabie Shan, China" 1358: 904: 616: 587: 377: 334: 326: 260:, indicating that the fluid responsible for the metasomatism was characterised by a high oxygen 488: 482: 440: 859: 492: 1556: 1268: 1055: 924: 579: 559: 540: 452: 369: 318: 24: 1632: 1368: 1128: 981: 257: 141:
Whiteschists occur as lenses or tectonic slices on a metre to kilometre scale within nine
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Schreyer, W. (1973). "Whiteschist: a high-pressure rock and its geologic significance".
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formed at high to ultra-high pressures. It has the characteristic mineral assemblage of
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around the world. There are two occurrences in Central Africa, one in
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layers. However, whiteschists have now been described with
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alteration, with the removal of various mobile elements.
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sequences, and thought to represent either evaporite or
264:. The main reaction involved in their formation is Mg- 481:. In Brown G., Hawkesworth C. & Wilson C. (ed.). 1429: 1267: 1054: 644: 487:(2 ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.  439:Rolfo, F.; Compagnoni R.; Xu S.; Jiang L. (2000). 184:. Most occurrences were originally described from 558:John, T.; Schenk V.; Mezger K.; Tembo F. (2004). 479:"Experimental petrology: Earth materials science" 624: 8: 631: 617: 609: 401: 399: 397: 395: 393: 391: 354:Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 293: 62:. Whiteschists form in the MgO– 7: 415:Frontier Research on Earth Evolution 39:. This rock is associated with the 14: 457:10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-0883 360:(2). 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Index

metamorphic rock
kyanite
talc
Werner Schreyer
metamorphism
pelites
evaporite
basaltic
felsic
intrusions
metasomatic
orogenic belts
Tasmania
Lufilian Arc
Zambezi Belt
orogen
anthophyllite
cordierite
kyanite
garnet
staurolite
kyanite
metasedimentary
bentonite
protoliths
metabasalt
oxidation state
fugacity
chlorite
phlogopite

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