Metamorphism in the paleoproterozoic torngat orogen, Labrador: Petrology and P-T-t paths of amphibolite- and granulite-facies rocks across the Komaktorvik shear zone

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1137-1160

  Mengel, Flemming ^a   Rivers, Toby ^b  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decompression reactions; Geochronology; Geothermobarometry; Labrador; P T array; Paleoproterozoic; Shear zone; Torngat Orogen

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; GRANULITE FACIES; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA, LABRADOR;

EID: 0031396725     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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