Establishing the P-T path for Alpine Schist, Southern Alps near Hokitika, New Zealand

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-97

  Vry, Julie K ^a   Powell, R ^b   Williams, J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine Schist; Metamorphism; New Zealand; P T path; Pseudosections

Indexed keywords

ALBITE; DECOMPRESSION; GARNET; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; METAMORPHISM; P-T-T PATH; SCHIST;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 37549020676     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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