New occurrences of jadeitite, jadeite quartzite and jadeite-lawsonite quartzite in the Dominican Republic, Hispaniola: Petrological and geochronological overview

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-216

  Schertl, Hans Peter ^a   Maresch, Walter V ^a   Stanek, Klaus P ^b   Hertwig, Andreas ^a   Krebs, Martin ^a   Baese, Rauno ^c   Sergeev, Sergey S ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Blueschist; High pressure; Jadeitite; Metasomatism; Rio San Juan Complex; Serpentinite m lange

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCITE; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRADING; MAGNESITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; QUARTZ DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZIRCON;

BLUESCHISTS; HIGH PRESSURE; JADEITITE; METASOMATISM; RIO SAN JUAN COMPLEX; SERPENTINITE;

QUARTZ;

ALLOCHTHON; APATITE; BLUESCHIST; BOULDER; CRYSTALLIZATION; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; JADEITE; LAWSONITE; MELANGE; METASOMATISM; OMPHACITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PHENGITE; PUMPELLYITE; QUARTZITE; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ZIRCON; ZONING;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HISPANIOLA; MOTAGUA FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84872742133     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2201     Document Type: Review

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