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Garnet-Hornblende Geothermometer: A Comparative Study

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The abundance of garnet — hornblende pair in a wide range of rocks primarily from upper green schist to granulite facies has made it one of the most widely used pairs for estimation of temperature at which once rocks equilibrated. Several models of garnet- hornblende thermometer have been formulated by a number of researchers in last four decades. In this contribution, four thermometers: Graham & Powell (1984); Perchuk et al., (1985); Powell, (1985) and Ravna, (2000) formulated since 1984 have been applied. 79 sample data (32 granulites facies, 37 amphibolite facies, 1 greenschist facies, 6 UHP/eclogite facies, 1 UHT and 2 migmatites) from the global literature were collected and processed through the “Gt-Hbl.EXE” software. Based on the present study, the best among all the four models have been identified where the regression bearing on inverse of temperature verses LnKD of each model as well as relation of distribution coefficient on composition were compared. It is concluded that Perchuk et al., (1985) is the most valid and reliable thermometers for a wide range of rock types such as greenschist to eclogite facies.

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The authors should like to put on record their candid thanks to the Head, Department of Applied Geology, Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.) and the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India for providing INSPIRE (JRF) facilities as including PURSE- Phase -II for conducting present research work. Thanks to anonymous reviewer for critical review for the improvement of manuscript.

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Thomas, H., Rana, H. Garnet-Hornblende Geothermometer: A Comparative Study. J Geol Soc India 96, 591–596 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1607-9

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