Chlorite textures and compositions from high-pressure/low-temperature metashales and metagraywackes, Franciscan Complex, Diablo Range, California, USA

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 825-846

  Dalla Torre, Michael ^a,c   Livi, Kenneth J T ^b   Frey, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Berthierine; Chlorite; Franciscan Complex; Metashale; Mixed layer chlorite smectite; TEM

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FELDSPAR; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BERTHIERINE; CHLORITE; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; METASHALE; MIXED LAYER;

ALUMINUM;

BERTHIERINE; CHLORITE; METAGREYWACKE; METASHALE; SMECTITE;

EID: 0030452861     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/8/4/0825     Document Type: Article

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