Modelling grain-recycling zoning during metamorphism

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-437

  Pearce, M A ^a,b   Wheeler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain recycling; Metamorphism; Thermodynamic model; Zoning

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANITOID; METAMORPHISM; MODELING; P-T-T PATH; PLAGIOCLASE; PORPHYROBLAST; ZONING;

EID: 77953059720     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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