Garnet zoning in high pressure granulite-facies metapelites, Mozambique belt, SE-Kenya: Constraints on the cooling history

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-55

  Hauzenberger, Christoph A ^a   Robl, Jörg ^a   Stüwe, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Garnet zoning; Granulite facies; Modelling; Mozambique belt; Slow cooling

Indexed keywords

BELTS; BINARY ALLOYS; BIOTITE; COOLING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MICA; MODELS; ZONING;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CLOSURE TEMPERATURES; GARNET ZONING; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH-PRESSURE GRANULITES; MOZAMBIQUE BELTS; SLOW COOLING; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE;

GARNETS;

COOLING; GARNET; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAPELITE; ZONING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14944370647     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0043     Document Type: Article

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