Pan-African eclogite facies metamorphism of ultramafic rocks in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 335-347

  Romer, T ^a   Mezger, K ^b   Schmadicke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eclogite facies; Pan African orogeny; Shackleton Range; Sm Nd age dating

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; ECLOGITE; FACIES ANALYSIS; GNEISS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; OCEAN BASIN; P-T CONDITIONS; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LANTERMAN RANGE; SHACKLETON RANGE; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 66649100793     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00820.x     Document Type: Article

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