Elemental mobility in subduction metamorphism: Insight from metamorphic rocks of the Franciscan Complex and the Feather River ultramafic belt, California

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 654-685

  Ghatak, Arundhuti ^a   Basu, Asish R ^a   Wakabayashi, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

and Pb isotopes; element mobility in subduction metamorphism; Feather River ultramafic belt; Franciscan subduction complex; high grade metamorphism; major and trace elements; Nd; Sr

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; METABASALT; METAMORPHISM; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; FEATHER RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859101330     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2011.567087     Document Type: Review

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