The duration of prograde garnet crystallization in the UHP eclogites at Lago di Cignana, Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 402-411

  Skora, Susanne ^a   Lapen, Thomas J ^b   Baumgartner, Lukas P ^a   Johnson, Clark M ^c   Hellebrand, Eric ^d   Mahlen, Nancy J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

crystallization duration; garnet zoning; Lago di Cignana; Lu Hf; Sm Nd; Zermatt Saas Fee

Indexed keywords

GARNET ZONING; LAGO DI CIGNANA; LU/HF; SM/ND; ZERMATT-SAAS FEE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HAFNIUM; METALLIC GLASS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ZONING;

GARNETS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZONING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAGO DI CIGNANA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 70350133383     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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