Garnet-chloritoid-kyanite assemblages: Eclogite facies indicators of subduction constraints in orogenic belts

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 753-768

  Smye, A J ^a   Greenwood, L V ^a,b   Holland, T J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloritoid; Eclogite; Garnet; Geodynamic modelling; Kyanite; Pseudosection; Thermal weakening

Indexed keywords

CHLORITOID; ECLOGITE; GEODYNAMIC MODELLING; PSEUDOSECTION; THERMAL WEAKENING;

GARNETS; GEODYNAMICS; MANGANESE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TEMPERATURE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CHLORITOID; ECLOGITE; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; KYANITE; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAPELITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77955245267     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00889.x     Document Type: Article

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