Relation between partial melting, granulite metamorphism, crystallization, deformation of leucosome and the influence of these processes in the rheology of the lower continental crust

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for his valuable guidance, dedication and support in the completion of this dissertation, and for having given me an opportunity to belong to his research group at the University of São Paulo. My thanks go to the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP; 16/22627-3) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES; 88882.377662/2019-01) for providing financial support over the duration of this research. My thanks also go to all of the faculty members in the Mineralogy and Geotectonics Department at the University of São Paulo, from whom I have had the opportunity to learn during the past three years. I am especially grateful to my colleagues Clara, Eduardo, Sebastian and Rafael for the accompaniment in the field work and our interesting discussions, likewise, I would like to thank Engineer Ricardo Luiz Malta Pena and the staff of Santa Terezinha quarry, in Alfenas, MG, who made it possible to collect samples for this study. Also, I want to extend my thanks to all of my friends in São Paulo for all of those great moments we spent together in Brazil,