Textural and chemical characteristics of olivine and pyroxenes in the ultramafic rocks from the Indus suture zone in Swat, NW Pakistan: Implications for petrogenesis and alteration

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-56

  Arif, Mohammad ^a   Moon, Charlie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alteration; Harzburgite; Indus suture zone; Metamorphism; NW Pakistan; Ultramafic rock

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; HARZBURGITE; METAMORPHISM; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PYROXENE; SERPENTINIZATION;

PAKISTAN, SWAT VALLEY, INDUS SUTURE ZONE;

EID: 0029756816     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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