Ar-Ar dating of K-feldspar in low grade metamorphic rocks: Example of an exhumed Mesozoic accretionary wedge and forearc, South Island, New Zealand

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Mortimer, N ^a   McLaren, S ^b   Dunlap, W J ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICA; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATES;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; COOLING HISTORY; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FORE-ARC BASIN; FOREARC; HOST ROCKS; K-FELDSPAR; LOW GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOZOIC; MIDDLE JURASSIC; NEW ZEALAND; SOURCE AREA; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; WHITE MICA;

FELDSPAR;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FELDSPAR; FOREARC BASIN; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HOST ROCK; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PREHNITE; PUMPELLYITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; ZEOLITE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

MICAS;

EID: 84863459713     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003057     Document Type: Article

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