Inception of a Devonian subduction zone along the southwestern Gondwana margin: 40Ar-39Ar dating of eclogite-amphibolite assemblages in blueschist boulders from the Coastal Range of Chile (41°S)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-351

  Kato, Terence T ^a   Sharp, Warren D ^b   Godoy, Estanislao ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; COASTAL RANGE; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; ECLOGITE; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HIGH PRESSURE (HP); OMPHACITE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

AMPHIBOLITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BLUESCHIST; BOULDER; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; ECLOGITE; GONDWANA; HORNBLENDE; INFILTRATION; LITHOSPHERE; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

MICAS;

EID: 46749133975     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-006     Document Type: Article

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