Synthesis of staurolite in melting experiments of a natural metapelite: Consequences for the phase relations in low-temperature pelitic migmatites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1727-1757

  García Casco, Antonio ^a   Haissen, Faouziyia ^b   Castro, Antonio ^c   El Hmidi, Hassan ^c   Torres Roldán, Rafael Luís ^a   Millán, Guillermo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Geologia y Paleontologia La Habana   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Metapelites; Migmatites; P T grid; Partial melting; Staurolite

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; METAPELITE; MIGMATITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PHASE TRANSITION; STAUROLITE;

EID: 0142185960     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg056     Document Type: Article

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