Short-lived orogenic cycles and the eclogitization of cold crust by spasmodic hot fluids

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7046, 2005, Pages 1191-1196

  Camacho, Alfredo ^a   Lee, James K W ^a   Hensen, Bastiaan J ^b   Braun, Jean ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS;

HIGH-PRESSURE ROCKS; OROGENIC CYCLES; TECTONOTHERMAL MODELS; THERMAL MODELS;

TECTONICS;

AMPHIBOLE; ARGON; CALCIUM; MINERAL; POTASSIUM 40; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM;

METAMORPHISM; OROGENY;

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKE; ECLOGITE; GEOLOGY; HEAT; OROGENIC CYCLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 21744444013     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03643     Document Type: Article

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