Australian Proterozoic high-temperature, low-pressure metamorphism in the conductive limit

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 138, Issue , 1998, Pages 109-120

  Sandiford, Mike ^a   Hand, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032322884     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.138.01.07     Document Type: Article

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