Mantle-wedge garnet peridotites from the northernmost ultra-high pressure domain of the Western Gneiss Region, SW Norway

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1085-1096

  Van Roermund, Herman ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crustal and mantle evolution; Diamond; Majoritic garnet; Mantle wedge garnet peridotite; Norway; Scandian uhp; Scandinavian caledonides; Subduction zone fluids; WGR

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTALS; DIAMONDS; DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OSMIUM ALLOYS; RHENIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CRUSTAL AND MANTLE EVOLUTION; GARNET PERIDOTITE; MAJORITIC GARNET; NORWAY; SCANDIAN UHP; SCANDINAVIAN CALEDONIDES; SUBDUCTION ZONE FLUIDS;

GARNETS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DIAMOND; GARNET; MANTLE SOURCE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CALEDONIDES; NORWAY; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 77149128061     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1976     Document Type: Article

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