P-T conditions of Grenville-age eclogite facies metamorphism and amphibolite facies retrogression of the Glenelg-Attadale Inlier, NW Scotland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 605-615

  Storey, C D ^a,b   Brewer, T S ^a   Temperley, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Moinian; P T conditions; Retrograde; Scotland

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ECLOGITES; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; MOINIAN; PEAK CONDITIONS; RETROGRADE; SCOTLAND; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ECLOGITE; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 28244495159     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680500110X     Document Type: Article

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