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97·52 some plagioclase inclusions (see Whitney, 1991). In garnets that contain abundant inclusions, overall. Cations on basis of 22 oxygens grossular content is ...
JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY

VOLUME 39

NUMBER 7

PAGES 1385–1403

1998

Metamorphism during Alpine Crustal Thickening and Extension in Central Anatolia, Turkey: the Nig˘de Metamorphic Core Complex D. L. WHITNEY1∗ AND Y. DILEK2 1

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55455, USA

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, OH 45056, USA

RECEIVED DECEMBER 23, 1996; REVISED TYPESCRIPT ACCEPTED FEBRUARY 12, 1998

The Nig˘de massif, a metamorphic core complex in Central Anatolia (Turkey), contains petrologic evidence for the transition from Alpine crustal thickening to extension and exhumation of high-grade midcrustal rocks. Sillimanite–potassium feldspar gneiss formed and partially melted during Barrovian metamorphism and records max¨ ¸ckapılı imum conditions of 5–6 kbar, >700°C. The two-mica U granite and a related dike suite intruded the migmatitic metapelitic rocks, forming a contact aureole that contains andalusite and cordierite. These low-pressure minerals indicate that crustal thickening was followed by exhumation of mid-crustal rocks to relatively shallow depths (