Dating metamorphic reactions and fluid flow: Application to exhumation of high-P granulites in a crustal-scale shear zone, western Canadian Shield

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-217

  Mahan, K H ^a,c   Goncalves, P ^b   Williams, M L ^a   Jercinovic, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Felsic granulite; Lower crust; Monazite; Shear zones; Snowbird tectonic zone

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644823561     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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