Phase relationships in grunerite-garnet-bearing amphibolites in the system CFMASH, with applications to metamorphic rocks from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Zeh, Armin ^a   Holland, T J B ^b   Klemd, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CFMASH; Grunerite; Limpopo belt; Petrogenetic grid; THERMOCALC

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LIMPOPO BELT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14744293310     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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