Coupled Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology constrains prograde and exhumation histories of high- and ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from western Norway

Chemical Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-154

  Kylander Clark, Andrew R C ^a   Hacker, Bradley R ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^b   Beard, Brian L ^b   Mahlen, Nancy J ^b   Lapen, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Geochronology; Lu Hf; Norway; Sm Nd; Ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; P-T CONDITIONS; PROGRADATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 34250762199     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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