Exhumation of high-pressure rocks beneath the Solund Basin, Western Gneiss Region of Norway

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 613-629

  Hacker, B R ^a   Andersen, T B ^b   Root, D B ^a   Mehl, L ^a   Mattinson, J M ^a   Wooden, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Exhumation; Norway; Solund; Ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GNEISS; SILURIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

NORWAY;

EID: 0042693025     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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