Continental exhumation triggered by partial melting at ultrahigh pressure

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1171-1174

  Labrousse, L ^a,b   Prouteau, G ^c   Ganzhorn, A C ^a,b  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; DRY CONDITION; ECLOGITES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROUS MELTS; LEUCOSOMES; LITHOSPHERIC; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; OROGENS; PARTIAL MELTING; PEAK CONDITIONS; PEAK PRESSURE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION;

MELTING;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; FELSIC ROCK; GNEISS; GRANITE; LEUCOSOME; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-T-T PATH; PARTIAL MELTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

NORWAY; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 80955123647     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32316.1     Document Type: Article

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