Petrographic characteristics and metamorphic evolution of ultrahigh-pressure eclogites in plate-collision belts

International Geology Review

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 781-798

  Carswell, D A ^a   Zhang, R Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM; PETROGRAPHY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0033384988     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819909465169     Document Type: Article

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