Detrital, metamorphic and metasomatic tourmaline in high-pressure metasediments from Syros (Greece): Intra-grain boron isotope patterns determined by secondary-ion mass spectrometry

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 703-717

  Marschall, Horst R ^a,b   Altherr, Rainer ^a   Kalt, Angelika ^c   Ludwig, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boron isotopes; High pressure; Metasediment; Subduction zone; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; BORON ISOTOPE; DEHYDRATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; HIGH PRESSURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METASEDIMENT; METASOMATISM; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOURMALINE;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYROS;

EID: 42349113526     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0266-9     Document Type: Article

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