The role of partial melting and extensional strain rates in the development of metamorphic core complexes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 477, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 135-144

  Rey, P F ^a   Teyssier, C ^b   Whitney, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental extension; Gneiss dome; Metamorphic core complex; Migmatite; Modeling; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL EXTENSION; GNEISS DOME; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MIGMATITE; MODELING; PARTIAL MELTING;

CORUNDUM; DOMES; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; MATERIALS; MELTING; METALLIC GLASS; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

STRAIN RATE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; MODELING; PARTIAL MELTING; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 70350257999     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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