Phase equilibrium constraints on conditions of granulite-facies metamorphism at Scourie, NW Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-158

  Johnson, T E ^a   White, R W ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL GROWTH; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTRAINT; METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; ORTHOPYROXENE; SCOTLAND; TECTONIC THICKENING; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; TIO;

GARNETS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANULITE FACIES; METAGABBRO; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PYROXENITE; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SCOURIE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860389959     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-069     Document Type: Article

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