Significance of graphite occurrences in the Aracena Metamorphic Belt, Iberian Massif

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 687-697

  Crespo, Elena ^a   Luque, Javier ^a   Fernández Rodríguez, Carlos ^b   Rodas, Magdalena ^a   Díaz Azpiroz, Manuel ^c   Fernández Caliani, Juan Carlos ^b   Barrenechea, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aracena Spain; Graphite; Metamorphism; P T conditions

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAPHITE; MINERALS; REFLECTION; SILICATES;

ARACENA SPAIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GRAPHITE PRECIPITATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; REDUCING CONDITIONS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

GRAPHITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12744272146     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756804009896     Document Type: Article

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