Diagenesis to metamorphism transition in an episutural basin: The late Paleozoic St. Mary's basin, Nova Scotia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-135

  Abad, Isabel ^a   Brendan Murphy, J ^b   Nieto, Fernando ^c   Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KAOLINITE; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CRYSTALLINITIES; ILLITE-SMECTITE; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC; MINERAL CONTENT; MINERAL GROWTH; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BERTHIERINE; CARBONIFEROUS; CHLORITE; CLASTIC ROCK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; DIAGENESIS; FELDSPAR; FLUID FLOW; KAOLINITE; METAMORPHISM; MICA; QUARTZ; RUTILE; SHEAR; SMECTITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AVALON ZONE; CANADA; MEGUMA TERRANE; NOVA SCOTIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; MICAS;

EID: 77649109140     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-079     Document Type: Article

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