Constraints from diffusion profiles on the duration of high-strain deformation in thickened crust

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 755-758

  Camacho, A ^a   Yang, P ^a   Frederiksen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION DATA; DIFFUSION PROFILES; ECLOGITES; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH STRAIN DEFORMATION; HIGH-STRAIN ZONES; K-FELDSPAR; MYLONITES; NEOCRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR HEATING; SHEAR ZONE; SHORT TIME SCALE; THERMAL EVENTS; TIME-SCALES;

CALCIUM; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINING;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; ECLOGITE; GRANULITE FACIES; MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN;

EID: 69649091541     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25753A.1     Document Type: Article

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