Continental reworking during overprinting orogenic events, Southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2017-2041

  Phillips, Glen ^a   Kelsey, D E ^b   Corvino, A F ^c   Dutch, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental reworking; Mineral equilibria modelling; Monazite; Prydz orogenic event; Rayner orogenic event

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; METAPELITE; MONAZITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; OVERPRINTING; P-T CONDITIONS; PALEOZOIC; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; REWORKING; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 70450248862     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp065     Document Type: Article

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