Lawsonite eclogites from the Pinchi Lake area, British Columbia-new P-T estimates and interpretation

Lithos

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 248-253

  Ghent, Edward ^a   Tinkham, Douglas ^b   Marr, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Cordillera; Geothermobarometry; Lawsonite eclogite; Very high pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BLUESCHIST; COESITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOTHERMOMETRY; JADEITE; LAWSONITE; OMPHACITE; P-T CONDITIONS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA; PINCHI LAKE;

EID: 63449083110     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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