Processes leading to eclogitization (densification) of subducted and tectonically buried crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Bjornerud M G ^a   Austrheim, H ^b   Lund, M G ^b  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Eclogite; Lower crust; Metamorphism; Pseudotachylyte

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRUST; DENSITY; ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALEDONIDES; HOLSNOY; NORWAY;

EID: 0037058210     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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