Occurrences of intergranular coesite in ultrahigh-P rocks from the Sulu region, eastern China: Implications for lack of fluid during exhumation

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 1217-1221

  Liou, J G ^a   Zhang, R Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; TEXTURES;

EASTERN CHINA; ECLOGITES; FAST RATE; IGNEOUS MINERAL; INTERGRANULAR; OMPHACITE; QUARTZ AGGREGATES; ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE CRUSTAL ROCKS;

SILICA;

COESITE; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC FLUID; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA, FUJIAN PROVINCE, YANGKOU;

EID: 0030429942     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-9-1020     Document Type: Article

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