Dick White

On equilibrium in non-hydrostatic metamorphic systems

R Powell, KA Evans, ECR Green, RW White

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Metamorphic geology has accumulated a huge body of observation on mineral assemblages that reveal strong patterns in occurrence, s..

High-grade metamorphism and partial melting in Archean composite grey gneiss complexes

RW White, RM Palin, ECR Green

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Much of the exposed Archean crust is composed of composite gneiss which includes a large proportion of intermediate to tonalitic m..

High-grade metamorphism and partial melting of basic and intermediate rocks

RM Palin, RW White, ECR Green, JFA Diener, R Powell, TJB Holland

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Rocks of basic and intermediate bulk composition occur in orogenic terranes from all geological time periods and are thought to re..

Activity-composition relations for the calculation of partial melting equilibria in metabasic rocks

ECR Green, RW White, JFA Diener, R Powell, TJB Holland, RM Palin

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

A set of thermodynamic models is presented that, for the first time, allows partial melting equilibria to be calculated for metaba..

The effect of Mn on mineral stability in metapelites revisited: new a-x relations for manganese-bearing minerals

RW White, R Powell, TE Johnson

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

The a-x relations recently presented in White et al. (, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 32, 261-286) are extended to include MnO. ..

Melt production, redistribution and accumulation in mid-crustal source rocks, with implications for crustal-scale melt transfer

Johann FA Diener, Richard W White, Timothy JM Hudson

Journal article  |  2014  |  LITHOS

Ascent of granitic melt initiates under suprasolidus conditions in the mid- to lower crust before continuing through subsolidus ro..

New mineral activity-composition relations for thermodynamic calculations in metapelitic systems

RW White, R Powell, TJB Holland, TE Johnson, ECR Green

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

New activity-composition (a-x) relations for minerals commonly occurring in metapelites are presented for use with the internally ..

Partial melting of metabasic rocks in Val Strona di Omegna, Ivrea Zone, northern Italy

Barbara E Kunz, Tim E Johnson, Richard W White, Charlotte Redler

Journal article  |  2014  |  LITHOS

Field and petrographic observations combined with major and trace element bulk rock geochemistry show that metabasic rocks within ..

Metamorphism and melting of picritic crust in the early Earth

Karen Ziaja, Stephen F Foley, Richard W White, Stephan Buhre

Journal article  |  2014  |  LITHOS

Partial melting experiments with models of Archean oceanic crust (MAOC; with 11, 13 and 15. wt.% MgO) are used to investigate the ..

On the roles of deformation and fluid during rejuvenation of a polymetamorphic terrane: inferences on the geodynamic evolution of the Ruker Province, East Antarctica

G Phillips, RW White, CJL Wilson

Journal article  |  2007  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

Evaluating pressure-temperature (P-T) conditions through mineral equilibria modelling within an amphibolite facies polymetamorphic..