Geometry of eclogite-facies structural features: Implications for production and exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure and high-pressure rocks, Western Gneiss Region, Norway

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Terry, Michael P ^a   Robinson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite facies; Exhumation; Western Gneiss Region

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PETROGENESIS; TECTONICS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 2142658318     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001401     Document Type: Article

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