Exhumation of the Dayman dome metamorphic core complex, eastern Papua New Guinea

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 405-422

  Daczko, N R ^a   Caffi, P ^a   Halpin, J A ^a,b   Mann, P ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinolite; Ferrobarroisite; Ferrowinchite; Greenschist; Metabasalt; Metabasite; Prehnite; THERMOCALC pseudosection

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; DOME; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; FACIES; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METABASALT; METABASITE; MICROPLATE; MYLONITE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; PUMPELLYITE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHEAR ZONE;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 67649892588     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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