Pressure-temperature evolution and thermal regimes in the Barrovian zones, Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1147-1166

  Vorhies, Sarah H ^a   Ague, Jay J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARNET ZONING; HEAT INPUT; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; SCOTLAND; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL PULSE; THERMAL REGIMES; THERMAL RELAXATION; THERMOBAROMETRY;

SILICATE MINERALS;

GARNETS;

ADVECTION; EXHUMATION; GARNET; HEAT FLOW; MAGMA; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; THERMAL REGIME; ZONING;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 80052421085     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-073     Document Type: Article

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