Super-silicic garnet microstructures from an orogenic garnet peridotite, evidence for an ultra-deep (>6 GPa) origin

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-147.

  Van Roermund, H L M ^a   Drury, M R ^a   Barnhoorn, A ^a   De Ronde, A A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Orogenic garnet peridotite; Scandinavian Caledonides; Super silicic garnet; Ultra high pressure

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GARNET; OROGENIC BELT; PERIDOTITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

NORWAY; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 0034081634     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2000.00251.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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