Composition and zoning of garnet and plagioclase in Haast Schist, northwest Otago, New Zealand: Implications for progressive regional metamorphism

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-531

  White, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Schist; Compositional zoning; Garnet; Metamorphism; Northwest Otago; Otago Schist; Plagioclase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000188351     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514730     Document Type: Article

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