Mineral isograds and metamorphic zones of the Anglesey blueschist belt, UK: Implications for the metamorphic development of a Neoproterozoic subduction-accretion complex

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 591-602

  Kawai, T ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Terabayashi, M ^c   Yamamoto, H ^d   Maruyama, S ^a   Isozaki, Y ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anglesey; Blueschist; Mineral zones; P T path

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BLUESCHIST; EPIDOTE; P-T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF ANGLESEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747869301     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2006.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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