Partial melting of metapelites in the Gagnon terrane below the high-pressure belt in the Manicouagan area (Grenville Province): Pressure-temperature (P-T) and U-Pb age constraints and implications

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1309-1329

  Jordan, Sherri L ^a   Indares, Aphrodite ^a   Dunning, Greg ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEHYDRATION; GARNETS; MELTING; MONAZITE; TEXTURES;

METAMORPHISM; METAPELITES; PARTIAL MELTING;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; MANICOUAGAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 33846216874     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-038     Document Type: Article

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