The complex hydrothermal history of granitic rocks: Multiple feldspar replacement reactions under subsolidus conditions

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 967-987

  Plümper, Oliver ^a,b   Putnis, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dissolution reprecipitation; Feldspar replacement; Fluid rock interaction; Granites; Hydrothermal alteration

Indexed keywords

ALBITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GRANITOID; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROCLINE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REPLACEMENT; TEXTURE; TWINNING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; LAXEMAR; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SIMPEVARP; SWEDEN;

EID: 67449107193     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp028     Document Type: Article

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