The petrology and geochemistry of a metabasite belt along the southern margin of Alaska

Lithos

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 282-297

  Bruand, E ^a,b   Gasser, D ^a,c   Bonnand, P ^d   Stuewe, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Amphibolite; Chugach Metamorphic Complex; Intra oceanic island arc; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AMPHIBOLITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HORNBLENDE; ISLAND ARC; METABASITE; METAPELITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALASKA; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053636071     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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