Formation and exhumation of blueschists and ecologies from NE oman: New perspectives from Rb-Sr and 40Ar/39Ar dating

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-248

  El Shazly, A K ^c   Brocker M ^a   Hacker, B ^b   Calvert, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age data; Blueschists; Eclogites; Exhumation; Oman; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BLUESCHIST; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; PETROGENESIS; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SUBDUCTION;

OMAN;

EID: 0343371536     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2001.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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