Prograde garnet growth along complex P-T-t paths: Results from numerical experiments on polyphase garnet from the Wölz Complex (Austroalpine basement)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-688

  Gaidies, F ^a,d   Capitani, C ^a   Abart, R ^b   Schuster, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eo Alpine metamorphism; Equilibrium thermodynamics; Permian metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FRACTIONATION; GARNET; HEATING; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-T-T PATH; PERMIAN;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 42349107845     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0264-y     Document Type: Article

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