Structural, mineralogical and petrophysical effects on deep crustal rocks of fluid-limited polymetamorphism, Western Gneiss Region, Norway

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-134

  Engvik, Ane K ^a   Austrheim, Håkon ^a   Andersen, Torgeir B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density; Eclogite; Fluid phase; Rheology; Western Gneiss Region

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; COLLISION ZONE; ECLOGITE; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; RHEOLOGY;

NORWAY; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 0342445414     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.121     Document Type: Article

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