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A Thermodynamic Model for Fe-Mg Aluminous Chlorite Using Data from Phase Equilibrium Experiments and Natural Pelitic Assemblages in the 100° to 600°c, 1 to 25 kb Range

Olivier Vidal, Teddy Parra and Fabien Trotet
American Journal of Science June 2001, 301 (6) 557-592; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.301.6.557

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Olivier Vidal, Teddy Parra, Fabien Trotet
American Journal of Science Jun 2001, 301 (6) 557-592; DOI: 10.2475/ajs.301.6.557
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