The physico-chemical properties of a subducted slab from garnet zonation patterns (Sesia Zone, Western Alps)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2123-2148

  Konrad Schmolke, Matthias ^a   Babist, Jochen ^a   Handy, Mark R ^a   O'Brien, Patrick J ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dehydration; High pressure metamorphism; Sesia Zone; Subduction; Thermodynamic modelling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEHYDRATION; ECLOGITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GARNET; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; WATER CONTENT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SESIA VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

SESIA;

EID: 33750209159     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egl039     Document Type: Article

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