Mineral equilibria in quartz leucoamphibolites (Quartz - garnet - plagioclase - hornblende calc-silicates) from southeastern British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 233-244

  Ghent, Edward D ^a   Stout, Mavis Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibolite; British Columbia; Esplanade Range; Fluid composition; Metamorphic plagioclase; Mineral equilibria; Pressure; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; EQUILIBRIUM; LEUCOGRANITE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; P-T CONDITIONS; PELITE; PLAGIOCLASE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; ESPLANADE RANGE;

EID: 0034050918     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.38.1.233     Document Type: Article

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