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Studies on the magmatic enclaves, pelitic xenoliths and host Jaspa granite pluton outcropped in the Lahaul area, NW Himalaya, India illustrate that the rocks have undergone garnet-grade metamorphism. The P -T pseudosection modelling shows that the metamorphic mineral assemblage is stable in the P -T range ~4.5-7.3 kbar and ~440-500°C, matching quite well with the results obtained from the conventional geothermobarometers (5.7-8.6 kbar and 409-531°C). The observed garnet-grade metamorphism in and around the Jaspa pluton is proposed to be due to localized perturbation of high-temperature isotherms in the Tethys Himalaya, as a consequence of the Cenozoic tectono-thermal event during Himalayan orogeny. Further, the Haimanta group of Tethys Himalayan rocks in the Lahaul area has been interpreted to have attained right-way-up metamorphic field gradient.

Keywords

Garnet-Grade Metamorphism, Granite Pluton, Magmatic Enclaves, Pelitic Xenoliths.
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