Origin of sapphirine-bearing garnet-orthopyroxene granulites: possible hydrothermally altered ocean floor

Polar Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-107

  Baba, Sotaro ^a   Shinjo, Ryuichi ^a   Windley, Brian F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Hydrothermal alteration; Lewisian complex; Palaeoproterozoic; Sapphirine bearing granulite

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GARNET; GRANULITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METAMORPHISM; ORTHOPYROXENE; SAPPHIRINE; SEAFLOOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HARRIS; LEWIS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 47749098865     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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