P-T-t deformation framework of an accretionary prism, southern New England Orogene, eastern Australia: Implications for blueschist exhumation and metamorphic switching

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Phillips, Glen ^a   Hand, M ^b   Offler, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANATEXIS; BLUESCHIST; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; HEAT FLOW; JADEITE; P-T-T PATH; PYROXENE; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 62149091177     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002323     Document Type: Article

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