Feldspar thermometry: A valuable tool for deciphering the thermal history of granulite-facies rocks, as illustrated with metapelites from Sri Lanka

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-86

  Raase, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiperthite; Feldspar thermometry; Granulite facies; Mesoperthite; Metamorphic evolution; Metapelites; Perthite; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

FACIES; FELDSPAR; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; P/T CONDITIONS;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0031720855     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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