Geodynamic significance of the Raspas Metamorphic Complex (SW Ecuador): Geochemical and isotopic constraints

Tectonophysics

Volumn 345, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 83-102

  Bosch, Delphine ^a   Gabriele, Piercarlo ^b   Lapierre, Henriette ^a   Malfere, Jean Louis ^c   Jaillard, Etienne ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Geochemical constraints; Isotopic constraints; Raspas Metamorphic Complex; Subduction processes

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; GEODYNAMICS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; PETROGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0036228974     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00207-4     Document Type: Article

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