Very high temperature, moderate pressure metamorphism in the New Russia gneiss complex, northeastern Adirondack Highlands, metamorphic aureole to the Marcy anorthosite

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Alcock, J ^a   Muller, Peter ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; AUREOLE; GNEISS; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METAMORPHISM;

ADIRONDACKS; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032721007     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e98-072     Document Type: Article

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