Siliceous dolomites in the Horsethief Creek aureole, S.E. British Columbia: fluid infiltration and mineral reactions

Potassic siliceous dolomites in the Horsethief Creek aureole, S.E. British Columbia, Canada record peak contact-metamorphic conditions of ≈2.2 kbars and 650 °C in the inner aureole. The protolithic dolostones have varying but small amounts of disseminated quartz (≤ 5 volume percent) and K-feldspa...

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Main Author: Niermann, Maria C.
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9016