Decompression and high-temperature-low-pressure metamorphism in the exhumed floor of an extensional basin, Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 447-450

  Platt, J P ^a   Soto, J I ^b   Comas, M C ^b   Zahn, R ^c   Klaus, A ^d   Aubourg, C ^e   Bernasconi, S ^f   Belanger, P ^c   Cornell, W ^g   De Kaenel, E ^h   De Larouziere F ⁱ   Doose, H ^j   Fukusawa, H ^k   Hobart, M ^l   Iaccarino, S ^m   Ippach, P ^d   Marsaglia, K ⁿ   Meyers, P ^o   Murat, A ^c   O'Sullivan, G ^p   Prassad, M ^q   Siesser, W ^r   Skilbeck, C G ^s   Tandon, K ^t   Torii, M ^u   Tribble, J ^q   Wilkens, R ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c GEOMAR ^*

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^h FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Inst Mediterraneen de Technol

^j UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^k TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^r VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^t LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; POTASSIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE-LOW PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; CONTINENTAL ORIGIN; GRANITIC MELTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW PRESSURES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXTENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ALBORAN BASIN;

EID: 0029752842     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0447:DAHTLP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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