The qualitative zoning record of minerals. A method for determining the duration of metamorphic events?

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-184

  Stuwe K ^a   Ehlers, K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DIFFUSION; GARNET; GRAIN SIZE; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL ZONING; PARAMETERIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EASTERN ALPS; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 0007423827     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01162602     Document Type: Article

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