The origin of the mafic and intermediate granulites in the Bakhuis Granulite Belt, West Suriname

The Bakhuis Granulite Belt consists mainly of intermediate and mafic granulites that show banding on decimetre scale. Intercalations of Al-silicate-rich granulite and of quartzite are of a clear sedimentary origin and may indicate that the granulites are also of sedimentary origin. However, the granulites might also originate from volcanic...