Stability of sapphirine + quartz in the oxidized rocks of the Wilson Lake terrane, Labrador: Calculated equilibria in NCKFMASHTO

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-36

  Korhonen, F J ^a   Powell, R ^b   Stout, J H ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

NCKFMASHTO; Pseudosections; Sapphirine+quartz; UHT; Wilson Lake terrane

Indexed keywords

BULK COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; IDEAL SYSTEMS; K-FELDSPAR; NCKFMASHTO; ORTHOPYROXENE; OXIDATION STATE; PHASE RELATION; PSEUDOSECTIONS; ROCK COMPOSITION; TIO; UHT; WILSON LAKE TERRANE;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL STABILITY; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; MICA; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; QUARTZ; QUARTZ DEPOSITS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GARNET; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PHASE TRANSITION; QUARTZ; SAPPHIRINE; SILLIMANITE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TERRANE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84855350091     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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