Combined thermodynamic and rare earth element modelling of garnet growth during subduction: Examples from ultrahigh-pressure eclogite of the Western Gneiss Region, Norway

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 488-498

  Konrad Schmolke, Matthias ^a   Zack, Thomas ^b   O'Brien, Patrick J ^a   Jacob, Dorrit E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

garnet; subduction zone; thermodynamic modeling; trace elements; ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; Western Gneiss Region

Indexed keywords

(LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; BREAKDOWN (BD); CHEMICAL CHANGES; CLINOPYROXENE; COMPLEX GROWTH; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; COMPOSITIONAL ZONATION; ECLOGITE; ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); FORWARD MODELLING; FRACTIONATION EFFECTS; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; HOST ROCKS; IN ORDER; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MASS BALANCING; MATRIX PHASES; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; MOLAR PROPORTIONS; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS (REE); STABLE PHASES; TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION; TWO TYPES;

ADDITION REACTIONS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CANNING; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ECOLOGY; FARM BUILDINGS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LAND USE; METALS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLAR MASS; MULTIPLE ZONES; PRESSURE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZONING;

GARNETS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECLOGITE; FRACTIONATION; GARNET; HOST ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 47749115286     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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