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Table 3 Summary of P–T results from metabasites and surrounding metapelites

From: P–T conditions of metabasites within regional metapelites in far-eastern Nepal Himalaya and its tectonic meaning

Sample #

Rock type

Location

Prograde

Peak

Retrograde

References

M3104

Staurolite–garnet schist

Near MCT

6–7 kbar, ca. 550 °CG

9-10 kbar, ca. 620 °CP, G,A,C

 

Imayama et al. (2010)

M3103

Amphibolite

Near MCT

6–7.5 kbar, 550–590 °CP,C

  

This study

H1905

Amphibolite

Base of the HHCS

 

2–5 kbar, 500–600 °CP,C

 

This study

H1205

Garnet–mica gneiss

Base of the HHCS

11 kbar, ca. 590 °CG

11–12 kbar, ca. 640 °CG,A,C at 25–20 Ma

 

Imayama et al. (2010, 2012)

H2710

Sillimanite migmatite

Near HHT

 

7–10 kbar, 730–780 °CP at 33–28 Ma

4–7 kbar, 650–725 °CP at 27–23 Ma

Imayama et al. (2012)

H2608

Mafic granulite

Near HHT

 

6.5–8 kbar, 730–750 °CP,C

6–7.5 kbar, 560–620 °CP

This study

  1. P–T conditions are estimated using pseudosection modeling (P), average-P–T method (A), Gibbs method (G), and conventional geothermometer (C)