Initiation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and its significance on the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic boundary

Island Arc

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 6-35

  Maruyama, S ^a   Liou, J G ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEROZOIC-PHANEROZOIC BOUNDARY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0031704563     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.1998.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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