The nature and origin of the Barrovian metamorphism, Scotland: Diffusion length scales in garnet and inferred thermal time scales

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-131

  Viete, Daniel R ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a   Lister, Gordon S ^a   Stenhouse, Iona R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DIFFUSION; COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; DIFFUSION LENGTH; HEAT SOURCES; LENGTH SCALE; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MECHANICAL WORK; METAMORPHIC GRADE; ROLE OF DIFFUSION; SCOTLAND; SELF-SIMILAR; SHEAR ZONE; THERMAL REGIMES; TIME-SCALES;

DIFFUSION; MANGANESE; SILICATE MINERALS; TEXTURES; ZONING;

GARNETS;

DIFFUSION; GARNET; HEAT SOURCE; MANGANESE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SILLIMANITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE; ZONING;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860389129     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-087     Document Type: Article

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