Very Low-grade Metamorphism in Basement Greywacke Terranes of the Northern and Central North Island, New Zealand

Gondwana Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 857-865

  Woldemichael, S ^a   Black, P M ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crystallinity zone; Prehnite pumpellyite fades; Pumpellyite actinolite fades; Very low grade metamorphism; Zeolite facies

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; GRAYWACKE; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL ALTERATION; PERMIAN; PETROGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0347268318     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70919-9     Document Type: Article

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