P-T path for ultrahigh-pressure garnet ultramafic rocks of the Cuaba Gneiss, Rio San Juan Complex, Dominican Republic

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 778-790

  Abbott Jr , Richard N ^a   Drapper, Grenville ^b   Broman, Bonnie N ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; P-T-T PATH; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33748764649     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.9.778     Document Type: Article

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