Serpentinite matrix mélange: Implications of mixed provenance for mélange formation

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 480, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-30

  Shervais, John W ^a   Choi, Sung Hi ^b   Sharp, Warren D ^c   Ross, Jeffrey ^d,g   Zoglman Schuman, Marchell ^e,h   Mukasa, Samuel B ^f  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Bechtel Savannah River Inc   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FRACTURE; HYDRATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; COAST RANGE OPHIOLITES; CONSTITUENT BLOCKS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; FAULT FRACTURE ZONES; FRANCISCAN COMPLEX; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MAGNESITE;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTURE ZONE; HORNBLENDE; MELANGE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OROGENY; PERIDOTITE; PLATE TECTONICS; PROVENANCE; PYROXENE; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 84863048049     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2480(01)     Document Type: Article

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