First report of ultrahigh-temperature sapphirine + spinel + quartz and orthopyroxene + spinel + quartz parageneses discovered in Al-Mg granulites from the Khanfous area (In Ouzzal metacraton, Hoggar, Algeria)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 297, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-167

  Adjerid, Zouhir ^a   Ouzegane, K ^b   Godard, G ^c   Kienast, J R ^d  

^a Ministere de l'Enseignement Superieure et de la Recerche Scientifique   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DELAMINATION; EXHUMATION; GRANULITE FACIES; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PARAGENESIS; QUARTZ; SAPPHIRINE; SPINEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; HOGGAR; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 47249105649     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP297.7     Document Type: Article

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