The P-T evolution of ultra high temperature garnet-bearing ultramafic rocks from the Saxonian Granulitgebirge Core Complex, Bohemian Massif

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-508

  Schmadicke E ^a   Gose, J ^a   Will, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bohemian Massif; Garnet peridotite; Garnet pyroxenite; Saxonian Granulitgebirge; Ultra high temperature metamorphism

Indexed keywords

GARNET; HOST ROCK; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 77954191315     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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