Processing of crust in the root of the Caledonian continental collision zone: The role of eclogitization

Tectonophysics

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 129-153

  Austrheim, Håkon ^a   Erambert, Muriel ^a   Engvik, Ane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluid; Metastability; Petrophysical properties; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ECLOGITIZATION; FLUID PATHWAY; P/T CONDITIONS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030865423     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00291-0     Document Type: Article

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