Bulk rock composition: A key to identifying invisible prograde reactions in zoned garnet

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-67

  Hetherington, Callum J ^a,c   Le Bayon, Ronan ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berisal Complex; Bulk rock composition; P T X conditions; Prograde metamorphic reactions; Zoned garnet

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; GARNET; GNEISS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MUSCOVITE; P-T-T PATH; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ZONING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIMPLON; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33645035277     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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