Pressure-temperature-time evolution of the Central East Greenland Caledonides: Quantitative constraints on crustal thickening and synorogenic extension

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 875-897

  White, A P ^a   Hodges, K V ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Extension; P T; Synorogenic; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROGENESIS;

ARCTIC; CALEDONIDES; EAST GREENLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND;

EID: 0347028297     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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