Gneiss domes and orogeny

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1139-1142

  Teyssier, Christian ^a   Whitney, Donna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression; Gneiss dome; Orogeny; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

GNEISS DOMES;

BUOYANCY; DEHYDRATION; DOMES; GRANITE; MELTING;

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DECOMPRESSION; DOME; GNEISS; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 0036966667     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1139:GDAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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