High- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism: Past results and future prospects

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1771-1786

  Ernst, W G ^a   Liou, J G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent plate junctions; High pressure belts; High pressure studies; Metamorphic petrology; Phase equilibria; Subduction zone belts; Thermobarometry; Ultrahigh pressure rocks

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; GARNETS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE STUDY; PLATE JUNCTIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMOBAROMETRY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

BLUESCHIST; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DECOMPRESSION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LHERZOLITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROGENESIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALPS; ASIA; BOHEMIA; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58049131372     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2940     Document Type: Article

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