P-T evolution of Glenelg eclogites, NW Scotland: Did they experience ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism?

Lithos

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 473-489

  Sajeev, Krishnan ^a   Kawai, Takahiro ^b   Omori, Soichi ^b   Windley, Brian F ^c   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eclogites; Exsolution microstructure; Glenelg Attadale Inlier; P T condition; Phase diagram; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXSOLUTION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OMPHACITE; P-T CONDITIONS; RETROGRESSION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73949093571     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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