Probable Prograde P-T Paths of Metasediments

within the Ruffaer Metamorphic Belt

Peridotite with
blueschist and
eclogite along
30 NE Gauttier Offset

Phyllites along
northern Ruffaer
/km

Metamorphic Belt
°C
Depth (km)

Peridotite and amph.

10

with a blueschist
a,

overprint along
5M

20 SW Gauttier Offset
ge
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Slate slivers "s dec the
along western ub re rm
du ase al
lobe of the ct g
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n h
Irian Ophiolite re tim ien
fri t
ge e v s
m

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C/k

tio
n"
5°
a, 1

10 Hanging wall
0M

peridotite with
° °° 3

amphibolites
along front of
ophiolite

0
0 200 400 600 800

T (°C)

Figure 4.11. Probable prograde P-T paths of rocks entering the

subduction zone and the effects of subduction refrigeration on
the geothermal gradients within the Ruffaer Metamorphic Belt.

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