Diapiric exhumation of Earth's youngest (UHP) eclogites in the gneiss domes of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 510, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 39-68

  Little, T A ^a   Hacker, B R ^b   Gordon, S M ^b,c   Baldwin, S L ^d   Fitzgerald, P G ^d   Ellis, S ^e   Korchinski, M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diapirism; Eclogites; Exhumation; Gneiss domes; UHP rocks; Woodlark Rift

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRISM; ECLOGITES; EXHUMATION; GNEISS DOMES; WOODLARK RIFT;

DOMES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PONDING; SHEAR FLOW; TECTONICS;

ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ASTHENOSPHERE; AUSTRALIAN PLATE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIAPIRISM; ECLOGITE; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS; PLIOCENE; SALT DOME; TERRANE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 80052814645     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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