Multiple metamorphic events at Broken Hill, Australia. Evidence from chloritoid-bearing parageneses in the nine-mile mine region

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1167-1186

  Stüwe, Kurt ^a   Ehlers, Karin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broken Hill; Chloritoid equilibria; Multiple events; PT path

Indexed keywords

CHLORITOID; METAMORPHISM; P/T PATH; PARAGENESIS;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, BROKEN HILL, NINE MILE MINE;

EID: 0031474523     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.9.1167     Document Type: Article

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