High geothermal gradient metamorphism during thermal subsidence

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 149-165

  Sandiford, Mike ^a   Hand, Martin ^a   McLaren, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geothermal gradient; Metamorphism; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; METAMORPHISM; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032448395     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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