Retrogression of eclogite-facies shear zones by short-lived fluid infiltration during the Caledonian orogeny, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 443-466

  Fournier, H W ^a   Lee, J K W ^a   Camacho, A ^b   Creaser, R A ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; RETROGRESSION; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY;

EID: 84897929105     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP390.9     Document Type: Article

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