Constraint on the time scale of biotite-grade metamorphism during Acadian orogeny from a natural garnet-garnet diffusion couple

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 1208-1216

  Ganguly, Jibamitra ^a   Chakraborty, Sumit ^b   Sharp, Thomas G ^c   Rumble III, Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CONVOLUTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; MICA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DIFFUSION PROCESS; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; FUNCTION OF TIME; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS; SPATIAL AVERAGING; THERMODYNAMIC NON IDEALITIES;

GARNETS;

ACADIAN OROGENY; BIOTITE GRADE METAMORPHISM; DIFFUSION; GARNET/GARNET DIFFUSION COUPLE;

USA, VERMONT;

EID: 0030431173     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-9-1019     Document Type: Article

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