Garnet compositions as recorders of P-T-t history of metamorphic rocks

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Tirone, Massimiliano ^a   Ganguly, Jibamitra ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion profiles; Garnet; Geothermobarometry; Metamorphism; Tectonics; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GARNET; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAPELITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLAGIOCLASE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77952423439     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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