Petrochemical study of regional/contact metamorphism in metaclastic strata of the central White-Inyo Range, eastern California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1528-1548

  Ernst, W G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BEER; BIOTITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FELDSPAR; FLUORESCENCE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE; MICA; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS;

AXIAL PLANE CLEAVAGE; BULK-ROCK CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; LOCAL CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM; MINERAL PARAGENESIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; COEXISTING PHASIS; LATE PALEOZOIC; LOWER CAMBRIANS; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ANDALUSITE; BIOTITE; CAMBRIAN; COMPOSITE; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; GREENSCHIST FACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; PETROCHEMISTRY; RECRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; P/T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

CALIFORNIA; COTTONWOOD CREEK; MONTENEGRO; UNITED STATES; INYO RANGE; USA; WHITE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030437444     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1528:PSORCM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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