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Cordierite and wollastonite-bearing rocks of south-western Ceylon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. J. A. C. Hapuarachchi
D. J. A. C. Hapuarachchi
Affiliation:
Geological Survey Department, 48, Sri Jinaratana Road, Colombo, 2, Ceylon.
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Summary

In the region east of the south-western belt of Ceylon, garnet is stable in biotite-bearing pelitic rocks which belong to the hornblende-granulite subfacies. In the south-western belt, which includes Zone B of the eastern part of the Gampaha sheet, garnet is unstable in biotite-bearing pelitic rocks, garnet reacting with biotite to produce cordierite which has a widespread occurrence in the belt to which it is confined. To accommodate the stable cordierite-bearing pelitic assemblages the erection of a cordierite-granulite subfacies is necessary. Wollastonite-bearing rocks, which commonly occur in the belt and are confined to it, belong to the cordierite-granulite subfacies.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , August 1968 , pp. 317 - 324
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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