Model for the development of kyanite during partial convective overturn of Archean granite-greenstone terranes: The Pilbara Craton, Australia

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-156

  Collins, W J ^a   Van Kranendonk, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Diapirs; Granite greenstone terranes; Kyanite; P T t paths

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE; KYANITE; P-T-T PATH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032978879     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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