Blueschists, eclogites, and subduction zone tectonics: Insights from a review of Late Miocene blueschists and eclogites, and related young high-pressure metamorphic rocks

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-188

  Ota, Tsutomu ^a   Kaneko, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blueschist; Eclogite; Orogeny; Plate subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIOCENE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ARAFURA SEA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SUNDA ISLES; TANIMBAR TROUGH; TIMOR;

EID: 77952425877     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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