Hot and deep: Rock record of subduction initiation and exhumation of high-temperature, high-pressure metamorphic rocks, Feather River ultramafic belt, California

Lithos

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 292-305

  Smart, Christopher M ^a   Wakabayashi, John ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure rock exhumation; Metamorphic soles; Ophiolites; Subduction initiation

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; FEATHER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SOLEIDAE;

EID: 70350231358     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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