On the origin of multi-layer coronas between olivine and plagioclase at the gabbro-granulite transition, Valle Fértil-La Huerta Ranges, San Juan Province, Argentina

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-302

  Gallien, F ^a   Mogessie, A ^a   Hauzenberger, C A ^a   Bjerg, E ^b   Delpino, S ^b   Castro De Machuca, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Metagabbro; Multi layer corona; Olivine plagioclase contact; Valle F rtil La Huerta Ranges

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BULK COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL GRADIENT; CHEMICAL ZONING; CLINOPYROXENES; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED; DISCRETE LAYERS; GEOCHEMICAL PATTERNS; INTERSTITIAL LIQUID; METAGABBRO; MGO; MINERAL REACTIONS; MINERAL TEXTURE; MULTI-LAYER CORONA; ORTHOPYROXENE; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; P-T PATH; PERITECTIC; REACTION TEXTURES; SUBSEQUENT COOLING; TYPE II;

CLOUDS; FELDSPAR; LIQUIDS; MINERALS; OLIVINE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SODIUM; TEXTURES;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLE; CLINOPYROXENE; CORONA; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANULITE; MAGNETITE; METAGABBRO; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PLAGIOCLASE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REPLACEMENT; SPINEL; SYMPLECTITE; TEXTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; VALLE FERTIL;

EID: 84858002032     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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