A rare garnet-tourmaline-sillimanite-biotite-ilmenite-quartz assemblage from the granulite-facies region of south-central Massachusetts

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1730-1738

  Thomson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deprotonation; Granulite facies; Massachusetts; Partial melting; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DEPROTONATION; GARNETS; ILMENITE; LITHOLOGY; MICA; QUARTZ;

CHARGE BALANCING; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; FLUID MIGRATION; GRANULITE FACIES; IN COMPOSITIONS; MASSACHUSETTS; PARTIAL MELTING; TOURMALINE;

BIOTITE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRANULITE FACIES; PARTIAL MELTING; QUARTZ; TOURMALINE;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845274945     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2231     Document Type: Article

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