Integration of phase equilibria modelling and garnet Sm-Nd chronology for construction of P-T-t paths: Examples from the Cordilleran Coast Plutonic Complex, USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 220, Issue , 2003, Pages 119-145

  Stowell, H H ^a   Tinkham, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METAMORPHISM; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TEXTURE;

COAST MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0346245472     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.220.01.07     Document Type: Article

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