Spandler, CarlYaxley, GregoryGreen, DavidScott, Dean2015-12-100010-7999http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55596We performed a series of piston-cylinder experiments on a synthetic pelite starting material over a pressure and temperature range of 3.0-5.0 GPa and 1,100-1,600°C, respectively, to examine the melting behaviour and phase relations of sedimentary rocks aKeywords: crustal recycling; intraplate process; island arc; melting; metapelite; paragenesis; petrogenesis; phase transition; sedimentary rock; upper mantle Crustal recycling; Experimental petrology; Mantle heterogeneity; Oceanic basalt; Sediment meltingExperimental phase and melting relations of metapelite in the upper mantle: implications for the petrogenesis of intraplate magmas201010.1007/s00410-010-0494-22016-02-24