Ferro- and magnesiocarpholite from the Monte Argentario (Italy): First evidence for high-pressure metamorphism of the metasedimentary Verrucano sequence, and significance for P-T path reconstruction

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 859-873

  Theye, Thomas ^a   Reinhardt, Jurgen ^b   Goffé, Bruno ^c   Jolivet, Laurent ^d   Brunet, Christophe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

High pressure metamorphism; Magnesiocarpholite; Northern Apennines; Sudoite; Verrucano

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE MINERALS; KAOLINITE; TEMPERATURE;

HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; MAGNESIOCARPHOLITE; NORTHERN APENNINES; SUDOITE; VERRUCANO;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

BLUESCHIST FACIES; CARPHOLITE; FERROCARPHOLITE; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; MAGNESIOCARPHOLITE; P/T PATH;

ITALY, TUSCANY, APENNINES, MONTE ARGENTARIO;

EID: 0030840253     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/4/0859     Document Type: Article

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