Why Are They So Darn Big? The Role of Crustal Melting in the Formation of the Gore Mountain Mega Garnets (Adirondacks, US)

Silvio Ferrero1,2, Iris Wannhoff1, Robert Darling3, Bernd Wunder4, Oscar Laurent5, Martin A Ziemann6, Christina Günter1 and Patrick J O'Brien7, (1)University of Potsdam, Institute of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany, (3)SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, United States, (4)Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam GFZ, Potsdam, Germany, (5)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (6)Universitaet Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany, (7)University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany