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Swanson, Samuel E., Schiffman, Peter (1979) Textural evolution and metamorphism of pillow basalts from the Franciscan Complex, western Marin County, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 69 (3) 291-299 doi:10.1007/bf00372331

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TitleTextural evolution and metamorphism of pillow basalts from the Franciscan Complex, western Marin County, California
JournalContributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
AuthorsSwanson, Samuel E.Author
Schiffman, PeterAuthor
Year1979Volume69
Issue3
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
DOIdoi:10.1007/bf00372331Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceSwanson, Samuel E., Schiffman, Peter (1979) Textural evolution and metamorphism of pillow basalts from the Franciscan Complex, western Marin County, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 69 (3) 291-299 doi:10.1007/bf00372331
Plain TextSwanson, Samuel E., Schiffman, Peter (1979) Textural evolution and metamorphism of pillow basalts from the Franciscan Complex, western Marin County, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 69 (3) 291-299 doi:10.1007/bf00372331
In(1979) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Vol. 69 (3) Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Black Mountain Quarry, Black Mountain, Marin County, California, USA
Waldo Grade area, Marin County, California, USA

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Black Mountain Quarry, Black Mountain, Marin County, California, USAⓘ Prehnite, ⓘ Pumpellyite Subgroup
Waldo Grade area, Marin County, California, USAⓘ Prehnite, ⓘ Pumpellyite Subgroup

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Brown, E. H., Bradshaw, J. Y. (1979) Phase relations of pyroxene and amphibole in greenstone, blueschist and eclogite of the Franciscan Complex, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 71 (1) 67-83 doi:10.1007/bf00371882
Day, H.W. (1992), Tectonic setting and metamorphism of the Sierra Nevada, California, in Schiffman, P. and Wagner, D. L., editors, Field guide to the geology and metamorphism of the Franciscan Complex and Western Metamorphic Belt of northern California: 12-28.
Ross, J. A., Sharp, W. D. (1988) The effects of sub-blocking temperature metamorphism on the K/Ar systematics of hornblendes: 40Ar/39Ar dating of polymetamorphic garnet amphibolite from the Franciscan Complex, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 100 (2) 213-221 doi:10.1007/bf00373587
Nelson, Bruce K. (1995) Fluid flow in subduction zones: evidence from Nd- and Sr-isotope variations in metabasalts of the Franciscan complex, California. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 119 (2) 247-262 doi:10.1007/bf00307285
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Mitchell, Roger H., Platt, R. Garth (1979) Nepheline-bearing rocks from the Poohbah Lake complex, Ontario: Malignites and Malignites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 69 (3) 255-264 doi:10.1007/bf00372328
Batiza, R., Bernatowicz, T. J., Hohenberg, C. M., Podosek, F. A. (1979) Relations of noble gas abundances to petrogenesis and magmatic evolution of some oceanic basalts and related differentiated volcanic rocks. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 69 (3) 301-313 doi:10.1007/bf00372332
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