West Antarctica has formed the tectonically active margin between East Antarctica and the
Pacific Ocean for almost half a billion years, where it has recorded a dynamic history of …

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

Granitoids are a major component of the continental crust. They play a pivotal role in its
evolution, either by adding new material (continental growth), or by reworking older …

Abstract Among S-, I-, and A-type granites, the latter are the most debated in terms of origin,
and metasedimentary crust is usually discarded as a potential source. Here we tackle this …

Suprasolidus continental crust is prone to loss and redistribution of anatectic melt to shallow
crustal levels. These processes ultimately lead to differentiation of the continental crust. The …

Abstract Accessory mineral Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu*) are routinely measured to infer changes
in the amount of feldspar over time, allowing accessory mineral U‐Pb dates to be linked to …

The suprasolidus behaviour of apatite and monazite is examined for an average metapelite
composition using phase equilibria modelling coupled with solubility equations of these …

Widespread leucogranites in the Himalayan orogenic belt are thought to have originated by
in situ partial melting of the Greater Himalayan Crystalline (GHC) when it underwent high …

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 …

Granites are generally the final products of crustal anatexis. The composition of the initial
melts may be changed by fractional crystallization during magma evolution. Thus, it is crucial …