Late Eocene lawsonite-eclogite facies metasomatism of a granulite sliver associated to ophiolites in Alpine Corsica

Lithos

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 620-640

  Martin, Laure A J ^a   Rubatto, Daniela ^a   Vitale Brovarone, Alberto ^b   Hermann, Jörg ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corsica; Lawsonite; Metasomatism; Subduction; Trace elements; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; EOCENE; FACIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; LAWSONITE; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CORSE; FRANCE;

EID: 79959231248     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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