A comparative study of diffusion profiles in Himalayan and Dalradian garnets: Constraints on diffusion data and the relative duration of the metamorphic events

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-80

  Ayres, Michael ^a   Vance, Derek ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALRADIAN; DIFFUSION; GARNET; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS; UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031398320     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050294     Document Type: Article

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