Nucleation kinetics controlled by chemical overstepping and its tectonic implications: An example from the Sikkim Himalaya

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 791-803

  Chakraborty, Sumit ^a   Dasgupta, Somnath ^b   Neogi, Sudipta ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Garnet; Kinetics; Mass transfer; Nucleation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; FREE ENERGY; GARNETS; GROWTH KINETICS; KINETICS; MASS TRANSFER; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NUCLEATION; TECTONICS;

COMBINED INFORMATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS; KINETICS OF NUCLEATION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUCLEATION BEHAVIOR; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GARNET; MASS TRANSPORT; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PORPHYROBLAST; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

EID: 38049032473     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1775     Document Type: Article

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