Rapid cooling and exhumation of eclogitic rocks from the Great Caucasus, Russia

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-310

  Perchuk, A ^a,b   Philippot, P ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Eclogites; Garnet diffusion modelling; Rapid cooling rates; Rapid exhumation rates

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; P/T CONDITIONS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CAUCASUS, RED CLIFF;

EID: 0030804134     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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