Construction of a composite pressure-temperature path: Revealing the synorogenic burial and exhumation history of the Sevier hinterland, USA

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 915-934

  Harris, C R ^a,b   Hoisch, Thomas D ^a   Wells, M L ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet; Gibbs method; P T path; Sevier; Utah

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EXHUMATION; FAULT; GARNET; GREENSCHIST FACIES; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; TERRAIN; THRUST;

ALBION MOUNTAINS; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SWIETENIA; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 34848919530     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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