Young eclogite from the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Arun Valley, eastern Nepal: P-T-t path and tectonic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 406-416

  Corrie, S L ^a   Kohn, M J ^a   Vervoort, J D ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eclogite; garnet; Himalaya; metamorphism; Nepal

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM; DIACHRONEITY; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ECLOGITE; ECLOGITES; HIMALAYAS; LEADING EDGE; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; MAIN HIMALAYAN THRUSTS; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; P-T-T PATH; PHYSICAL STATE; RIVER VALLEY; SLAB BREAK-OFF; SOUTHERN TIBET; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; THREE MODELS; THRUST SYSTEMS; TIME LAG; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; LANDFORMS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

GARNETS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-T-T PATH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ARUN RIVER; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 73449094493     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.029     Document Type: Article

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