Excess silica in omphacite and the formation of free silica in eclogite

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Day, H W ^a   Mulcahy, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Excess silica; Omphacite; Pyroxene; Ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; OMPHACITE; PYROXENE; SILICA; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 33845605925     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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