The timing of stabilisation and the exhumation rate for ultra-high pressure rocks in the Western Gneiss Region of Norway

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 601-612

  Carswell, D A ^a   Brueckner, H K ^b,c   Cuthbert, S J ^d   Mehta, K ^b   O'Brien, P J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ages; Eclogites; Exhumation; Norway; Ultra high pressure (UHP)

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; PETROGRAPHY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

NORWAY;

EID: 0041821724     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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