Foliation development and reaction softening by dissolution and precipitation in the transformation of granodiorite to orthogneiss, Glastonbury Complex, Connecticut, U.S.A

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 327-347

  Wintsch, Robert P ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Yi, Keewook ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecticut; Dissolution precipitation; Foliation development; Glastonbury Complex; Reaction softening; Textural softening; Titanite geochronology

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; REACTION KINETICS; TEXTURES;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; FOLIATION DEVELOPMENT; HYDRATION REACTIONS; MAGNETIC MINERALS;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

FOLIATION; GNEISS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18944406384     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.1.327     Document Type: Article

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