Partial melting during tectonic exhumation of a granulite terrane: An example from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-126

  Carson, C J ^a,c   Powell, R ^a   Wilson, C J L ^a   Dirks, P H C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooling; Decompression; East Antarctica; Medium to low P granulites; Migmatites; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; GRANULITE; LEUCOSOME; MIGMATITE; PARTIAL MELTING;

ANTARCTICA, LARSEMANN HILLS;

EID: 0030957695     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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