Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism at the Lanterman Range (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 126-136

  Palmeri, R ^a   Talarico, F M ^b   Ricci, C A ^a,b  

^a Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eclogite; Garnet bearing ultramafic rocks; Gondwana; HP UHP metamorphism; Quartzo feldspathic gneiss; Ross Delamerian Tyennan Orogen

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; FOLD BELT; GARNET; GONDWANA; HIGH PRESSURE; HOST ROCK; PETROLOGY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LANTERMAN RANGE; TASMANIA;

EID: 79953010129     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1243     Document Type: Article

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