Amphibolite and blueschist-greenschist facies metamorphism, blue mountain inlier, eastern Jamaica

Geological Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-541

  Abbott Jr , Richard N ^a   Bandy, Betsy R ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Amphibolite facies; Blueschist; Caribbean; Greenschist; Jamaica; Metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; APTIAN; BLUESCHIST FACIES; CAMPANIAN; GREENSCHIST FACIES; INLIER; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SCHIST; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BLUE MOUNTAINS [JAMAICA]; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 66149127773     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1126     Document Type: Article

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