A new chlorite geothermometer for diagenetic to low-grade metamorphic conditions

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 723-735

  Bourdelle, Franck ^a,b,c   Parra, Teddy ^a   Chopin, Christian ^b   Beyssac, Olivier ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorite; Diagenesis; Geothermometry; Low grade metamorphism; Solid solution

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; DATA SET; DIAGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; MODEL TEST; OXIDATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875373814     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0832-7     Document Type: Article

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