Granulite-facies conditions preserved in vanadium- and chromium-rich metapelites from the Paradise Basin, Wind River Range, Wyoming, U.S.A

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 495-511

  Donohue, Casey L ^a,b   Essene, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulites; Metapelite; Vanadium; Wind River Range; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GARNETS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; ROCKS; TRANSITION METALS; WEATHERING;

GRANULITE FACIES; METAPELITES; SILLIMANITES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

MINERALOGY;

CHROMIUM; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; VANADIUM;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WIND RIVER RANGE; WORLD; WYOMING;

EID: 18944398756     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.495     Document Type: Article

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