Factors in the preservation of coesite: The importance of fluid infiltration

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 779-789

  Mosenfelder, Jed L ^a   Schertl, Hans Peter ^b   Smyth, Joseph R ^c   Liou, Juhn G ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; QUARTZ; TEXTURES;

CONTINUOUS COOLING; CRITICAL FACTORS; DETECTION LIMITS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWER TEMPERATURES; PRESENCE OF WATER; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS;

INFILTRATION;

COESITE; FLUID DYNAMICS; MINERALOGY; PRESERVATION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

MAIRA; PSEUDOMORPHA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 20444480123     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1687     Document Type: Article

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