The first appearance of actinolite in the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, Sierra Nevada, California

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-104

  Day, Howard W ^a   Springer, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinolite; California; Greenschist; Mafic rocks; Pumpellyite; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; QUARTZ;

ACTINOLITES; ASSEMBLAGES; CONTINUOUS REACTIONS; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ACTINOLITE; GREENSCHIST; METAMORPHIC FACIES; PREHNITE; PUMPELLYITE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944393951     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.89     Document Type: Article

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