Subduction of continental crust, the origin of post-orogenic granitoids (and anorthosites?) and the evolution of Fennoscandia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-762

  Brueckner, Hannes K ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EXHUMATION; GRANITOID; MAGMA; MANTLE; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; SILICA; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE;

BALTIC SHIELD; EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 69949167708     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-028     Document Type: Article

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