A year in the life of an aluminous metapelite xenolith-The role of heating rates, reaction overstep, H2O retention and melt loss

Lithos

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 132-143

  Johnson, T E ^a   White, R W ^a   Brown, M ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Corundum; H2O retention; Partial melting; Reaction overstep; Thermal evolution; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; HEATING; MELT INCLUSION; METAPELITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PROGRADE METAMORPHISM; REACTION RATE; RETENTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; XENOLITH;

BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952623575     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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