High-pressure granulite facies metamorphism in the Pan-African belt of eastern Tanzania: P-T-t evidence against granulite formation by continent collision

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 491-509

  Appel, P ^a   Moller A ^a,b   Schenk, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0344765491     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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