A general model for the intrusion and evolution of 'mantle' garnet peridotites in high-pressure and ultra-high-pressure metamorphic terranes

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-133.

  Brueckner, H K ^a,b   Medaris, L G ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional orogens; Eclogite facies; Garnet peridotite; High pressure ultra high pressure (HP UHP) terranes

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; PERIDOTITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0034162270     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2000.00250.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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