Zeolites in fissures of granites and gneisses of the Central Alps

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 825-847

  Weisenberger, T ^a   Bucher, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granite; Laumontite; Swiss Alps; Water rock interaction; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

BASE TUNNELS; CATION EXCHANGES; CENTRAL ALPS; EPISTILBITE; EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATION; FLUID COMPOSITION; GREENSCHIST; HOST ROCKS; LATE STAGE; LAUMONTITE; LOW TEMPERATURES; PERMIAN; ROAD TUNNEL; SWISS ALPS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEXTURE DATA; UPPER CRUST; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS; ZEOLITE ASSEMBLAGE; ZEOLITE FORMATION; ZEOLITE MINERALS;

CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; FLUIDS; FORESTRY; GRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; WEATHERING; ZEOLITES;

RAILROAD TUNNELS;

CATION; DISSOLUTION; EXHUMATION; FISSURE; FLUID COMPOSITION; GNEISS; GRANITE; GREENSCHIST; ION EXCHANGE; LAUMONTITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; OUTCROP; PERMIAN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; ZEOLITE;

GOTTHARD MASSIF; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77956242785     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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