Revisiting the importance of residual source material (restite) in granite petrogenesis: The Cardigan Pluton, New Hampshire

The Cardigan Pluton of New Hampshire exhibits a positive correlation between peraluminosity with maficity, with as much as 8% normative corundum in rocks with 53 wt.% SiO2. No mafic magmas of these compositions exist; the whole-rock compositions reflect high concentrations of garnet. The mafic rocks...

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Main Authors: Dorais, M.J., Spencer, Christopher
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26415