Decrepitated UHP fluid inclusions: About diverse phase assemblages and extreme decompression rates (Erzgebirge, Germany)

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 673-684

  Stockhert B ^a   Trepmann, C A ^a   Massonne, H J ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decrepitation; Diamond; Exhumation rate; Inclusion; Ultrahigh pressure

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FAILURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; EXHUMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GARNET; HOST ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; STRAIN RATE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70449985235     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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