Garnetites of the cardigan pluton, New Hampshire: Evidence for peritectic garnet entrainment and implications for source rock compositions

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1993-2016

  Dorais, Michael J ^a   Pett, Teresa K ^a   Tubrett, Michael ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Garnetite; Partial melting; Peraluminous granites; Restite

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; GARNET; GRANITE; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; RESTITE; SOURCE ROCK;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450194779     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp058     Document Type: Article

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