There are a lot of interesting papers on the subject. Tourmaline is both a 'strong' detrital grain usually found in many meta-sedimentary rocks and a boron bearing aluminosilicate in which many elements can favorably migrate during metamorphic and metasomatic processes. In addition to the paper suggested by Michael Issigonis, you can read the following:
Please find attached our paper on the formation of tourmaline in greenschist facies metapelite and related blackwall metasomatic greenschist from Austria.