Metamorphosed Ordovician Fe- and Mn-rich rocks in south-central Maine: From peri-Gondwanan deposition through Acadian metamorphism

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 270-282

  West Jr , David P ^a   Yates, Martin G ^b   Gerbi, Christopher ^b   Barnard, Nellie Q ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Chemical (mineral); Chemical (rock); Geochronology; Ironstone; Maine; Metamorphic petrology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEMATITE; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE OXIDE; MICA; MINERAL EXPLORATION; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; ANALYSIS; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; IRONSTONE; MAINE; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; WHOLE-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRIES;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BACKARC BASIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEPOSITION; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; IRONSTONE; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; TEXTURE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748903928     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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