Pyrometamorphic formation of phosphorus-rich olivines in partially molten metapelitic gneisses from a prehistoric sacrificial burning site (Ötz Valley, Tyrol, Austria)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 631-640

  Tropper, Peter ^a   Recheis, Arno ^a   Konzett, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archeometry; Biotite breakdown; Phosphorus rich olivine; Pyrometamorphism; Sacrificial burning site; Whitlockite

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; FELDSPAR; GLASS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETITE; MELTING; MICA; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICA; SILICON; TEXTURES;

ARCHEOMETRY; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GROWTH; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORUS CONTAMINATION; PYROMETAMORPHISM; SACRIFICIAL BURNING SITE; WHITLOCKITE;

OLIVINE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BURNING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINERAL ALTERATION; OLIVINE; PREHISTORIC;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; OTZTAL ALPS;

EID: 3442902576     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2004/0016-0631     Document Type: Article

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