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Pre-tectonic metamorphic crystallization in the Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

P. D. Fleming  and
R. Offler
P. D. Fleming
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A. 5001.
R. Offler
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S.W. 2308, Australia.
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Summary

Evidence for the growth of andalusite and staurolite porphyroblasts prior to the first penetrative movements in the rocks of the Mt. Lofty Ranges is presented. The implications of this unusual observation are discussed.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 105 , Issue 4 , August 1968 , pp. 356 - 359
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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