The consequences of crustal melting in continental subduction

Lithosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 323-327

  Whitney, Donna L ^a   Teyssier, Christian ^a   Rey, Patrice F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL MODEL; MELT VOLUME; OROGENIC EVOLUTION; PARTIAL MELTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS;

MELTING;

BACKARC BASIN; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CORDILLERA; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; EXHUMATION; GRANITE; MANTLE; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; PLATEAU; SUBDUCTION; THRUST; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 79251593789     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L62.1     Document Type: Article

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