Humite- and scapolite-bearing assemblages in marbles and calcsilicates of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: New data for Gondwana reconstructions

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-107

  Piazolo, S ^a,b   Markl, G ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcsilicates; Coronas; Gondwana; Humite group minerals; Scapolite

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; HUMITE; MARBLE; SCAPOLITE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032920490     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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