Discovery of coesite-eclogite from the Nordøyane UHP domain, Western Gneiss Region, Norway: Field relations, metamorphic history, and tectonic significance

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-163

  Butler, J P ^a   Jamieson, R A ^a   Steenkamp, H M ^a   Robinson, P ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coesite; Exhumation; Tectonics; Ultrahigh pressure; Western Gneiss Region

Indexed keywords

COESITE; COESITE-ECLOGITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEVONIANS; ECLOGITES; EXHUMATION; HOST ROCKS; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; OMPHACITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PHENGITE; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; THERMOCALC; TRANSTENSION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

ALUMINUM; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MELTING; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SHEARING; SILICON; SODIUM; TECTONICS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

COESITE; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ECLOGITE; KYANITE; ORTHOGNEISS; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGRAPHY; PHENGITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUTILE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

NORWAY; WESTERN GNEISS REGION;

EID: 84873312343     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmg.12004     Document Type: Article

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