High-pressure/low-temperature metamorphism and the dynamics of an accretionary wedge

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 620-628

  Giunchi, Carlo ^a,b   Ricard, Yanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corner flow; Exhumation; Phase kinetics; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0032916928     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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