Quartz exsolution in clinopyroxene is not proof of ultrahigh pressures: Evidence from eclogites from the Eastern Blue Ridge, Southern Appalachians, U.S.A

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1092-1099

  Page, F Zeb ^a   Essene, E J ^a   Mukasa, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEEDLES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; QUARTZ;

CALCIC AMPHIBOLE; CLINOPYROXENES; DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS; NORTH CAROLINA; PRESSURE MINIMUM; SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS; UHP METAMORPHISM; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXSOLUTION; MINERALOGY;

EID: 22944447734     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1761     Document Type: Article

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