Carbon isotopic equilibrium between calcite and graphite in Skallen Marbles, East Antarctica: Evidence for the preservation of peak metamorphic temperatures

Chemical Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 173-182

  Satish Kumar, M ^a   Wada, Hideki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope thermometry; East Antarctica; Granulites; Marbles; Skallen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GRANULITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARBLE; P-T CONDITIONS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034191975     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00189-8     Document Type: Article

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