A tale of two orogens: the contrating T-P-t history and geochemical evolution of mantle in high- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes of the Norwegian Caledonides and the Czech Variscides

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-307

  Brueckner, Hannes K ^a,b   Medaris Jr , L Gordon ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; MANTLE; P/T/T PATH;

CZECH REPUBLIC; NORWAY;

EID: 0031733896     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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