Thermal-baric structure and P-T history of the Brooks Range metamorphic core, Alaska

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-284

  Vogl, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brooks Range; Epidote amphibolite facies; Metamorphism; Pressure temperature paths

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; EPIDOTE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ALASKA; BROOKS RANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037387084     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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