Low-pressure crustal anatexis: the significance of spinel and cordierite from metapelitic assemblages at Nanga Parbat, northern Pakistan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 138, Issue , 1998, Pages 183-198

  Whittington, Alan ^a   Harris, Nigel ^a   Baker, Judy ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; CORDIERITE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; METAPELITE; SPINEL;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0032323835     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.11     Document Type: Article

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