Comparison of conventional and garnet-aluminosilicate-quartz O isotope thermometry: Insights for mineral equilibration in metamorphic rocks

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1287-1303

  Moecher, David P ^a   Sharp, Zachary D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATES; BIOTITE; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; OXYGEN; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); THERMOMETERS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ANHYDROUS CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL EQUILIBRIA; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; SYSTEM INTERACTIONS;

ISOTOPES;

GEOTHERMOMETRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; P-T CONDITIONS;

EID: 0033372599     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-0906     Document Type: Article

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