Composition of biotite from granitic rocks of the Canadian Appalachian orogen: A potential tectonomagmatic indicator?

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1381-1396

  Shabani, Amir A T ^a   Lalonde, Andre E ^a   Whalen, Joseph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annite; Appalachian orogen; Biotite; Canada; Chemical composition; Granite; M ssbauer spectroscopy; Phlogopite; Tectonic discrimination

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GRANITE; IRON; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MOLYBDENUM; ROCKS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOTITE; FERROMAGNESIAN MINERAL; PALEOZOIC GRANITIC ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

BIOTITE; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; OROGENIC BELT;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842783148     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.6.1381     Document Type: Article

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