Metamorphic ultrahigh-pressure tourmaline: Structure, chemistry, and correlations to P-T conditions

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Ertl, Andreas ^a   Marschall, Horst R ^b   Glester, Gerald ^a   Henry, Darrell J ^c   Schertl, Hans Peter ^d   Ntaflos, Theodoros ^a   Luvizotto, George L ^e   Nasdala, Lutz ^a   Tillmanns, Ekkehart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dora maira; Lago di cignana; Saxonian erzgebirge; Tourmaline; Ultrahigh pressure; Western alps

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICON;

DORA MAIRA; ERZGEBIRGE; LAGO DI CIGNANA; TOURMALINE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; WESTERN ALPS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DRAVITE; EXHUMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; P-T CONDITIONS; TOURMALINE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALPS; ITALY; LAGO DI CIGNANA; VALLE D'AOSTA; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 77249108018     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3283     Document Type: Article

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