Porphyroblastic manganaxinite metapelagites with incipient garnet in prehnite-pumpellyite facies, near Meyers Pass, Torlesse Terrane, New Zealand

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-142

  Coombs, D S ^a   Kawachi, Y ^a   Ford, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Berthierine; Chlorite; Garnet; Manganiferous schists; Porphyroblastic manganaxinite metapelagites; Prehnite pumpellyite facies; Pumpellyite; Torlesse Terrane

Indexed keywords

BERTHIERINE; CHLORITE; GARNET; MANGANAXINITE; METAPELAGITE; PREHNITE/PUMPELLYITE FACIES;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY, MEYERS PASS;

EID: 0029749858     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1996.05783.x     Document Type: Article

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