Phase-equilibrium constraints on titanite and rutile activities in mafic epidote amphibolites and geobarometry using titanite-rutile equilibria

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 509-521

  Kapp, P ^a   Manning, C E ^b   Tropper, Peter ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activity; Epidote amphibolites; Geobarometry; Rutile; Titanite

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMPHIBOLITE; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BLUESCHIST FACIES; EPIDOTE; GEOBAROMETRY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PRECISION; PRESSURE EFFECT; RUTILE; TITANITE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 68149161217     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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