Petrogenesis of albite-rich mid- to late Proterozoic tephra-fall deposits ('brown beds')

Geological Magazine

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 858-867

  Batchelor, Richard A ^a   Prave, Anthony R ^a   Oliver, Grahame J H ^a   Raeburn, Andrew S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Metamorphism; Proterozoic; Tuffs; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALCITE; DEPOSITS; MICA; SILICATES; TEXTURES;

GREENSCHIST; METAMORPHISM; OXIDIZED IRON; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; TORRIDONIAN; TUFFS; VOLCANICLASTICS;

FELDSPAR;

ALBITE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54049126230     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808004962     Document Type: Article

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