Metapelitic migmatites from Brattstrand Bluffs, East Antarctica - Metamorphism, melting and exhumation of the mid crust

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 395-414

  Fitzsimons, I C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decompression; Exhumation; Granulite; Melting; Migmatite

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; GRANULITE; MELTING; MIGMATITE;

ANTARCTICA, BRATTSTRAND BLUFFS;

EID: 0029753013     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.2.395     Document Type: Article

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