'Decompressional' reaction textures formed by isobaric heating: An example from the thermal aureole of the Taylor Brook Gabbro Complex, western Newfoundland

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 941-951

  Ings, S J ^a   Owen, J V ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Corona; Isobaric heating; Isothermal decompression; Newfoundland; Taylor Brook Gabbro Complex

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; ISOTHERMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEXTURES; THERMOANALYSIS;

DECOMPRESSIONAL REACTIONS;

HEATING;

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; CORONA; DECOMPRESSION; GRANULITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; TEXTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0036984360     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461026660069     Document Type: Article

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