Epidote in calc-alkaline magmas: An experimental study of stability, phase relationships, and the role of epidote in magmatic evolution

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 462-474

  Schmidt, Max W ^a,b   Thompson, Alan B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GARNETS; MELTING; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CRYSTALLIZATION REACTION; EPIDOTE-OUT REACTIONS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION; MINIMUM PRESSURE; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CALC ALKALINE MAGMA; EPIDOTE; GRANODIORITE; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; PHASE RELATIONS; STABILITY; TONALITE;

EID: 0029769029     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-3-420     Document Type: Article

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