The metamorphic history of rocks buried, accreted and exhumed in an accretionary prism: An example from the Otago Schist, New Zealand

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 935-954

  Fagereng, A ^a   Cooper, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; M langes; Pumpellyite actinolite; Subduction; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRYSTALLINITIES; FOLIATION DEVELOPMENT; HIGH PRESSURE; JURASSIC; LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; NEW ZEALAND; P-T PATH; PHENGITE; PUMPELLYITE-ACTINOLITE; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SOUTH ISLAND; SUBDUCTION; T ESTIMATE; THERMOBAROMETRY; UPPER CRUST; WHITE MICA;

BEACHES; CLAY MINERALS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; MINERALS; PRISMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; GONDWANA; GREENSCHIST FACIES; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MINERALOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER CRUST;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 78149352648     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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