Pressure-temperature paths from P-T pseudosections and zoned garnets: Potential, limitations and examples from the Zanskar Himalaya, NW India

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-245

  Vance, Derek ^a   Mahar, Emma ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000215459     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050419     Document Type: Article

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