IIb trioctahedral chlorite from the Barberton greenstone belt: Crystal structure and rock composition constraints with implications to geothermometry

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-291

  Xie, Xiaogang ^a   Byerly, Gary R ^a   Ferrell Jr , Ray E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GREENSCHIST; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; P/T CONDITIONS;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL, BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0031458092     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050250     Document Type: Article

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