The clustered nucleation and growth processes of garnet in regional metamorphic rocks from north-west Connecticut, USA

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 503-520

  Daniel, C G ^a,b   Spear, F S ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet growth; Garnet nucleation; Kinetics; Radius rate; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GARNET; METAMORPHISM; NUCLEATION; PORPHYROBLAST;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925273106     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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