The fate of subducted continental margins: Two-stage exhumation of the high-pressure to ultrahigh-pressure Western Gneiss Region, Norway

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 671-687

  Walsh, E O ^a   Hacker, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Supra Barrovian overprint; Thermobarometry; Ultrahigh pressure rocks; Western Gneiss Region

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 5444264056     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2004.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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