Ca-rich majorite derived from high-temperature melt and thermally stressed hornblende in shock veins of crustal rocks from the Ries impact crater (Germany)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-291

  Stähle, Volker ^a   Altherr, Rainer ^a   Nasdala, Lutz ^b   Ludwig, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

High pressure phases; Majorite; Shock metamorphism; Shock vein; Stishovite; Suevite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATER; FELDSPAR; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORNBLENDE; HOST ROCK; MAJORITE; METAMORPHISM; SILICON; STISHOVITE; SUEVITE;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; RIES CRATER;

EID: 78651252510     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0531-1     Document Type: Article

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