Contrasting modes of eclogite and blueschist exhumation in a retreating subduction system: The Tasmanides, Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 800-811

  Phillips, G ^a   Offler, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern Australia; Geochemistry; Geochronology; High pressure metamorphism; Structure; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BAROMETRY; BLUESCHIST; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; MELANGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OROGENIC BELT; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMOMETRY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952070091     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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