Low effective viscosity during high pressure metamorphism due to dissolution precipitation creep: The record of HP-LT metamorphic carbonates and siliciclastic rocks from Crete

Tectonophysics

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 299-319

  Stöckhert, Bernhard ^a   Wachmann, Matthias ^a   Küster, Martina ^a   Bimmermann, Sibylle ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissolution precipitation creep; HP LT metamorphism; Microstructures; Rheology; Shear strength; Subduction zone; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CREEP; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

GREECE;

EID: 4243452763     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00262-5     Document Type: Article

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