Pressure-temperature-deformation paths of closely associated ultra-high-pressure (diamond-bearing) crustal and mantle rocks of the Kimi complex: Implications for the tectonic history of the Rhodope Mountains, northern Greece

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1755-1776

  Mposkos, E ^a   Krohe, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRUST ROCKS; MANTLE ROCKS; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION CHANNEL;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MANTLE PROCESS; MARBLE; ORTHOGNEISS; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEXTURE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; RHODOPE MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248158168     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-064     Document Type: Article

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