Pressure-temperature paths and exhumation of Late Ordovician-Early Silurian blueschists and associated metamorphic nappes of the Salinic Brunswick subduction complex, northern Appalachians

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1455-1477

  van Staal, C R ^a   Currie, K L ^b   Rowbotham, G ^c   Goodfellow, W ^b   Rogers, N ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blueschists; Brunswick subduction complex; Exhumation; Northern Appalachians; P T paths; Salinic orogeny

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHISTS; BRUNSWICK SUBDUCTION COMPLEX; EXHUMATION; NORTHERN APPALACHIANS; P-T PATHS; SALINIC OROGENY;

LANDING; SILICATE MINERALS; ZONING;

LAKES;

ACCRETION; BACKARC BASIN; BLUESCHIST; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EXHUMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NAPPE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; SEAMOUNT; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UNDERPLATING;

APPALACHIANS; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 69949182464     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26324.1     Document Type: Article

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