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The mineralogical modification of the chemistry of metamorphic rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

B. E. Leake
B. E. Leake
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Department of GeologyThe University Bristol
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Summary

It is pointed out, with a few examples, that metamorphic rock compositions can be significantly modified by the stable mineralogy that itself may provoke metasomatic movement, as distinct from externally actuated metasomatism.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 109 , Issue 4 , July 1972 , pp. 331 - 337
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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