Taconian retrograde eclogite from northwest Connecticut, USA, and its petrotectonic implications

Lithos

Volumn 240-243, Issue , 2016, Pages 276-294

  Chu, Xu ^a   Ague, Jay J ^a   Axler, Jennifer A ^a   Tian, Meng ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite; New England; Pseudosection; Symplectite; Taconic orogeny

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; OROGENY; PROTOLITH; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SYMPLECTITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CONNECTICUT; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949818131     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: 18726143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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