Exhumation of high-pressure rocks in northeastern Oman

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-238

  Miller, J McL ^a   Gray, D R ^a   Gregory, R T ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HIGH-PRESSURE ROCKS; LITHOSTATIC PRESSURE; METAMORPHIC GRADE; PLATE BOUNDARIES; STRUCTURAL SECTIONS; STRUCTURAL STYLES; HIGH PRESSURE;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

DISCONTINUITY; EXHUMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HANGING WALL; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; STRATIGRAPHY;

OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS; SAIH HATAT;

EID: 0031815246     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0235:EOHPRI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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