Experimental evidence of decompression melting during exhumation of subducted continental crust

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-148

  Auzanneau, Estelle ^a   Vielzeuf, D ^b   Schmidt, M W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DECOMPRESSION; ECLOGITE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; METAGREYWACKE; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; RETROGRESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 33746178720     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0104-5     Document Type: Article

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