2019 Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences (JAMS)
Sep 19 - Sep 23, 2019Kyushu University Ito Campus
2019 Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences (JAMS)
Sep 19 - Sep 23, 2019Kyushu University Ito Campus
[R8P-08]Corundum and quartz inclusions in pelitic gneiss from Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica
*Tomokazu Hokada1,2, Yasihito Osanai3, Nobuhiko Nakano3, Tatsuro Adachi3, Tsuyoshi Toyoshima4, Sotaro Baba5(1. National Institute of Polar Research, 2. The Grauate University of Advanced Studies, 3. Kyushu University, 4. Niigata University, 5. University of the Ryukyus)
Keywords:
Antarctica,corundum,pelitic gneiss
Sør Rondane Mountains in East Antarctica is amphibolite-granulite facies high-grade metamorphic terrane of Gondwana collision zone. Corundum and quartz inclusions in garnet are found from pelitic gneiss. This presentation aims to discuss the metamorphic conditions and corundum formation process.