Truth and beauty in metamorphic phase-equilibria: Conjugate variables and phase diagrams

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-33

  Powell, Roger ^a   Guiraud, Michel ^b   White, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Activity of H2O; Conjugate variables; Mineral equilibria; Partial melting; Volume temperature relationships

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; MINERALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMPHIBOLITES; CONJUGATE VARIABLES; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHIC PROCESSES;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

PARTIAL MELTING; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 18944365862     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.21     Document Type: Article

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