Coexistence of lawsonite-bearing eclogite and blueschist: Phase equilibria modelling of Alpine Corsica metabasalts and petrological evolution of subducting slabs

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-600

  Brovarone, A Vitale ^a,b   Groppo, C ^a   Hetenyi G ^c   Compagnoni, R ^a   Malavieille, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine Corsica; Dehydration processes; Lawsonite breakdown; Lawsonite eclogite; Slab densification

Indexed keywords

CORSICA; DEHYDRATION PROCESSES; LAWSONITE BREAKDOWN; LAWSONITE-ECLOGITE; SLAB DENSIFICATION;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; GARNETS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

SILICATE MINERALS;

BLUESCHIST; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEHYDRATION; ECLOGITE; LAWSONITE; METABASALT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CORSE; FRANCE;

EID: 79957803198     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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