Metasomatic tourmaline in hybrid contact-bands between gneiss and peridotite in the Ulten Zone of the Eastern Italian Alps: Chemistry and boron isotopic composition

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-261

  Marocchi, Marta ^a   Marschall, Horst R ^b,g   Konzett, Jürgen ^c   Tropper, Peter ^c   Ludwig, Thomas ^d   Mair, Volkmar ^e   Bargossi, Giuseppe Maria ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Amt für Geologie and Baustoffprüfung   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisotopes; Blackwall metasomatism; Eastern italian alps; SIMS; Tourmaline; Ulten zone

Indexed keywords

BISOTOPES; BLACKWALL METASOMATISM; EASTERN ITALIAN ALPS; SIMS; TOURMALINE; ULTEN ZONE;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICA; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZONING;

SILICATE MINERALS;

ALLANITE; APATITE; BORON; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; GNEISS; HIGH PRESSURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METASOMATISM; SLAB; TOURMALINE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

BOLZANO; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; ULTEN;

EID: 79954491972     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.49.1.245     Document Type: Article

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