Modification of garnet by fluid infiltration during regional metamorphism in garnet through sillimanite-zone rocks, Dutchess County, New York

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 696-705

  Whitney, Donna L ^a   Mechum, Trudy A ^a,d   Dilek, Yildirim ^b   Kuehner, Scott M ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICROCRACKS; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; TEXTURES; ZONING;

COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID INTERACTIONS; FLUID REACTION; MINERAL GRAINS; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; PARALLEL CHANNEL; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS;

GARNETS;

FLUID INFILTRATION; GARNET; METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; P/T CONDITIONS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

USA, NEW YORK, DUTCHESS COUNTY;

EID: 0030482847     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-5-617     Document Type: Article

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