Standardized clay mineral crystallinity data from the very low-grade metamorphic facies rocks of southern New Zealand

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-127

  Warr, Laurence N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallinity Index Standard (CIS) scale; Southern New Zealand; Very low grade metamorphic facies

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; MICA; SILICATES; ZEOLITES;

BOUNDARY LIMITS; CRYSTALLINITY INDEX; FOURIER METHODS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LOW GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC; METAMORPHIC GRADE; NEW ZEALAND;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CLAY MINERAL; CRYSTALLINITY INDEX STANDARD; METAMORPHIC FACIES; VERY LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0029768334     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/8/1/0115     Document Type: Article

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