The stability of sapphirine + quartz: calculated phase equilibria in FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-TiO2-O

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 615-633

  Taylor Jones, K ^a   Powell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compatibility diagrams; FMASTO system; Pseudosections; Sapphirine; Stability

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; COMPATIBILITY DIAGRAMS; FMASTO SYSTEM; PHASE RELATION; PSEUDOSECTIONS; SAPPHIRINE; SATURATED SYSTEMS; THERMOCALC SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; TIO; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM; IRON OXIDES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; QUARTZ; SAPPHIRINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 77955082277     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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