Eclogitisation of gabbroic rocks: Redistribution of trace elements and Zr in rutile thermometry in an Eo-Alpine subduction zone (Eastern Alps)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 96-123

  Miller, C ^a   Zanetti, A ^b   Thoni M ^c   Konzett, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Eclogite; Rutile thermometry; Subduction; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; GABBRO; INFILTRATION; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE SOURCE; P-T-T PATH; PHASE TRANSITION; RUTILE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCONIUM;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; KORALPE;

EID: 33847616436     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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