Using equilibrium thermodynamics to understand metamorphism and metamorphic rocks

Elements

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 309-314

  Powell, Roger ^a   Holland, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equilibrium in metamorphism; Pseudosections; Spinel stability; THERMOCALC

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CALCULATED PHASE DIAGRAMS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PSEUDOSECTIONS; THERMOCALC;

MINERALS;

METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78650120478     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.6.5.309     Document Type: Article

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