Effect of metamorphic reactions on thermal evolution in collisional orogens

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 579-600

  Lyubetskaya, T ^a   Ague, J J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrovian; Enthalpy; Metacarbonate rocks; Metamorphic reactions; Thermal budget

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COLLISION ZONE; DEHYDRATION; ENDOTHERMY; ENTHALPY; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HEAT PRODUCTION; METAMORPHISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PRESSURE EFFECT; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 70249143620     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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