Near-ultrahigh pressure processing of continental crust: Miocene crustal xenoliths from the Pamir

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1661-1687

  Hacker, Bradley ^a   Lufffi, Peter ^b   Lutkov, Valery ^c   Minaev, Vladislav ^c   Ratschbacher, Lothar ^d   Plank, Terry ^e   Ducea, Mihai ^f   Patiño Douce, Alberto ^g   McWilliams, Michael ^h   Metcalf, Jim ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Tajik Academy of Science   (Tajikistan)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure; Pamir; Subduction; Tibet; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; MIOCENE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; XENOLITH;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PAMIRS; WORLD;

EID: 26444509860     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi030     Document Type: Article

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