Element mobility and scale of mass transport in the formation of quartz veins during regional metamorphism of the Waits River Formation, east-central Vermont

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-21

  Penniston Dorland, Sarah C ^a   Ferry, John M ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Mass transfer; Regional metamorphism; Veins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GARNETS; MAGNESIUM; MASS TRANSFER; MICA; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILICON; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BULK COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENT MOBILITY; INTEGRATED FLUIDS; LARGE-SCALE ADVECTION; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; MINOR COMPONENTS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS; VEINS;

WALL ROCK;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; CARBONATE; CHLORITE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUID FLOW; GARNET; KYANITE; MASS TRANSPORT; MINERAL ALTERATION; PELITE; QUARTZ VEIN; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

MICAS;

EID: 38649117567     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2461     Document Type: Article

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