Eclogitic and ultrahigh-pressure crustal garnets and their relationship to Phanerozoic subduction diamonds, Bingara Area, New England fold belt, Eastern Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1565-1582

  Barron, B Jane ^a   Barron, L M ^b   Duncan, G ^c  

^a New South Wales Department of Primary Industries ^*  (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Rimfire Pacific Mining NL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TECTONICS;

EXHUMATION; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHIC MINERALS; SUBDUCTION FORMATION; ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE CRUSTAL GARNET;

GARNETS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FOLD BELT; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORE DEPOSIT; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33745931327     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1565     Document Type: Article

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