High-pressure (∼2000 MPa) kyanite- and glaucophane-bearing pelitic schist and eclogite from Cordillera de la Costa belt, Venezuela

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-83

  Sisson, Virginia B ^a   Ertan, Inci Evren ^a   Avé Lallemant, Hans G ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Geothermobarometry; High P pelitic schist; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744254062     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.1.65     Document Type: Article

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