Late Miocene coesite-eclogite exhumed in the Woodlark Rift

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 735-738

  Baldwin, Suzanne L ^a   Webb, Laura E ^a   Monteleone, Brian D ^a,b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coesite eclogite; Ultrahigh pressure exhumation; Woodlark Rift

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; COESITE-ECLOGITE; EARTH'S SURFACES; ECLOGITE; ECLOGITES; EXTENDING; LATE MIOCENE; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES; PAPUA NEW GUINEAS; PHENGITE; PLIOCENE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTIONS; ULTRAHIGH; ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE EXHUMATION; WOODLARK RIFT; ZIRCON CRYSTALLIZATIONS;

GARNETS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; METALLIC GLASS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMOMETERS; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZIRCON;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

COESITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; MIOCENE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

CORAL SEA; D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA; WOODLARK BASIN;

EID: 54949092482     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25144A.1     Document Type: Article

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