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The significance of biotite selvedges in migmatites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. J. Hughes
C. J. Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Summary

The biotite selvedges around potash-feldspar rich leucosome material in migmatites originate at phase boundaries between rocks containing hydrothermal and silicate pore-fluids and are thus indicative of incipient anatexis.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 107 , Issue 1 , January 1970 , pp. 21 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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