Transformation of Fe-Ti gabbro to coronite, eclogite and amphibolite in the Baie du Nord segment, Manicouagan Imbricate Zone, eastern Grenville Province

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-555

  Cox, R A ^a   Indares, A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibolite; Anatexis; Coronitic metagabbro; Eclogite; Garnet zoning; Grenville Province; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ANATEXIS; ECLOGITE; GABBRO; METAMORPHISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0033402845     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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