The mechanism of myrmekite formation deduced from steady-diffusion modeling based on petrography: Case study of the Okueyama granitic body, Kyushu, Japan

Lithos

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 237-260

  Yuguchi, Takashi ^a   Nishiyama, Tadao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granitic rock; Myrmekite; Steady diffusion modeling; Sub solidus reaction texture; The reaction rim

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FELDSPAR; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRANITE; PETROGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 55749093968     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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