Petrological and geochemical characteristics of metamorphic and igneous units from the allochthonous Madre de Dios Terrane, Southern Chile

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-249

  Sepulveda F A ^a   Herve F ^a   Calderon M ^a   Lacassie, J P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c SERNAGEOMIN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Frontal accretion; Metamorphism; Pumpellyite actinolite facies; Seamount subduction; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ALLOCHTHON; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PILLOW LAVA; SPREADING CENTER; TERRANE;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 38949195349     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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