Petrology of the eclogites from western Tasmania: Insights into the Cambro-Ordovician evolution of the paleo-Pacific margin of Gondwana

Lithos

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 223-239

  Palmeri, R ^a   Chmielowski, R ^b   Sandroni, S ^c   Talarico, F ^c   Ricci, C A ^a,c  

^a Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eclogite; Gondwana; High pressure metamorphism; Ross Tyennan orogen; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; GONDWANA; GREENSCHIST; ORDOVICIAN; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 63449131545     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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