Pressure, temperature and cooling rates of granulite facies migmatitic pelites from the southern Adirondack Highlands, New York

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-130

  Storm, L C ^a   Spear, F S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling rate; Diffusion modelling; Retrograde reaction; Southern Adirondacks; Thermodynamic modelling

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844358805     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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