Isothermal decompression history in the "Western Granulite" terrain, central Tanzania: Evidence from reaction textures and trapped fluids in metapelites

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 123-144

  Sommer, Holger ^a   Hauzenberger, Christoph ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^a   Muhongo, Sospeter ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Crustal thickening; East Africa; HP melting; Mozambique belt; Pan African orogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; ISOTHERM; MELTING; METAPELITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; PSEUDOMORPH; REACTION KINETICS; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; TERRAIN; TEXTURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; GREAT RUAHA RIVER; MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 44149088549     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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