An early metamorphic stage for the Variscan Ulten Zone gneiss (NE Italy): Evidence from mineral inclusions in kyanite

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691-702

  Braga, R ^a   Massonne, H J ^b   Morten, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Garnet; Inclusions; Kyanite; P T path; Porphyroblast; Variscan Ulten Zone

Indexed keywords

CANNING; GARNETS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; NEON; SILICA; STAGES; ZIRCON;

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; ELECTRON MICROPROBE; GARNET; INCLUSIONS; KYANITE; METAMORPHIC STAGES; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; P-T PATH; PORPHYROBLAST; PORPHYROBLASTS; VARISCAN OROGENY; VARISCAN ULTEN ZONE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GARNET; GNEISS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KYANITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROGRAPHY; PORPHYROBLAST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49749144156     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2007.071.6.691     Document Type: Article

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