Magmatic garnet-bearing mafic xenoliths (Puy Beaunit, French Massif Central): P-T path from crystallisation to exhumation

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 687-701

  Berger, Julien ^a,b   Féménias, Olivier ^b   Coussaert, Nicolas ^a   Demaiffe, Daniel ^b  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mafic xenoliths; Magmatic garnet; Meta cumulates; Puy Beaunit; Pyrometamorphism; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; FELDSPAR; TEXTURES;

MAFIC XENOLITHS; META-CUMULATES; PUY BEAUNIT; PYROMETAMORPHISM; THERMOBAROMETRY;

GARNETS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXHUMATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PUMICE; XENOLITH;

AUVERGNE; CHAINE DES PUYS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; PUY BEAUNIT; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27344431908     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0687     Document Type: Article

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