Melting, carbonic fluids and water recycling in the deep crust: An example from the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-154

  Stevens, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crystallization hydration reactions; Fluids; Granulites; Graphite oxidation; Incongruent melting; Retrogression

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANULITE; GRAPHITE OXIDATION; HYDRATION; INCONGRUENT MELTING; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

AFRICA, LIMPOPO BELT;

EID: 0030989917     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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