Relationships between contact metamorphism and magnetite formation and destruction in a pluton's aureole, White-Inyo Range, eastern California

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1438-1451

  Kontny, Agnes ^a   Dietl, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Iron magnesium silicate and iron titanium oxide assemblage; Magnetic properties; Oxygen fugacity; Temperature dependent susceptibility

Indexed keywords

TRANSITION ZONES;

COMPOSITION; DEMAGNETIZATION; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AUREOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036861545     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1438:RBCMAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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