Characterization of non-equilibrium and equilibrium occurrences of paragonite/muscovite intergrowths in an eclogite from the Sesia-Lanzo Zone (Western Alps, Italy)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 326-336

  Giorgetti, Giovanna ^a,b   Tropper, Peter ^b   Essene, Eric J ^b   Peacor, Donald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ECLOGITE; MUSCOVITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARAGONITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

ALPS; ITALY; SESIS-LANZO ZONE;

EID: 0034074538     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050566     Document Type: Article

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