The ∼470 Ma Dalmatian Granite forms sheet-like bodies intruded discordantly into orthogneisses, paragneisses and calcareous rocks belonging to the ∼1000 Ma Jutulrora, Sveabreen and Fuglefjellet formations respectively. The Dalmatian Granite is muscovite + biotite bearing. Two varieties are recognized, one that is magnetite-bearing and another that is characterized by tourmaline nodules. At some localities, development of the tourmaline-bearing variety is spatially associated with the presence of carbonates. Physical conditions of emplacement for the Dalmatian Granite are estimated to be approximately 700°C and 6kbar with pH2O = Pload. The emplacement of the granite is considered to have occurred syntectonically during D3 approximately 470 Ma ago. The granites are therefore similar in age to Pan African age granites in Mozambique as well as Ross Orogeny age granites in the Transantarctic Mountains.
