Two high-pressure-low-temperature serpentinite-matrix mélange belts, Motagua fault zone, Guatemala: A record of Aptian and Maastrichtian collisions

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-20

  Harlow, George E ^a   Hemming, Sidney R ^b   Avé Lallemant, Hans G ^c   Sisson, Virginia B ^c   Sorensen, Sorena S ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Eclogite; Guatemala; High pressure; Jadeitite; Low temperature; Metamorphism; Metasomatism; Plate boundary; Serpentinite; Suture zone

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE ASSEMBLAGES; METABASITE;

GARNETS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; RIVERS; ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

APTIAN; COLLISION ZONE; FAULT ZONE; MAASTRICHTIAN; MELANGE; METAMORPHISM; PLATE BOUNDARY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 1142281141     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19990.1     Document Type: Article

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