Very-low-temperature record of the subduction process: A review of worldwide lawsonite eclogites

T Tsujimori, VB Sisson, JG Liou, GE Harlow… - Lithos, 2006 - Elsevier
Lawsonite eclogites preserve a record of very-low-temperature conditions in subduction
zones. All occur at active margin settings, typically characterized by accretionary complexes …

Lawsonite blueschists and lawsonite eclogites as proxies for palaeo‐subduction zone processes: A review

T Tsujimori, WG Ernst - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Lawsonite‐bearing metamorphic/metasomatic rocks form at high‐pressure–ultrahigh
pressure (HP–UHP) and low‐temperature (LT) conditions, commonly in Pacific‐type …

Metamorphic conditions in orogenic belts: a record of secular change

M Brown - International Geology Review, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
In general, Archean rocks exhibit rather ordinary moderate-P-high-T facies series
metamorphism; neither blueschists nor any record of deep continental subduction and return …

Ultrahigh-pressure minerals and metamorphic terranes–the view from China

JG Liou, WG Ernst, RY Zhang, T Tsujimori… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphism refers to mineralogical modifications of continental
and oceanic crustal protoliths±associated mafic-ultramafic rocks initially formed or emplaced …

A cold Early Palaeozoic subduction zone in the North Qilian Mountains, NW China: Petrological and U‐Pb geochronological constraints

JX Zhang, FC Meng, YS Wan - Journal of Metamorphic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The north Qilian high‐pressure (HP)/low‐temperature (LT) metamorphic belt is composed
mainly of blueschists, eclogites and greenschist facies rocks. It formed within an Early …

The Greater Antillean Arc: Early Cretaceous origin and proposed relationship to Central American subduction mélanges: implications for models of Caribbean …

J Pindell, WV Maresch, U Martens… - International Geology …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We integrate known and suspected Meso-American plate motions with the geochronology of
Caribbean arcs and Central American HP/LT belts to promote two primary concepts. The first …

Calculated phase equilibria for MORB compositions: a reappraisal of the metamorphic evolution of lawsonite eclogite

CJ Wei, GL Clarke - Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Pseudosections calculated with thermocalc predict that lawsonite‐bearing assemblages,
including lawsonite eclogite, will be common for subducted oceanic crust that experiences …

Petrology, geochemistry and P–T–t path of lawsonite‐bearing retrograded eclogites in the Changning–Menglian orogenic belt, southeast Tibetan Plateau

H Wang, F Liu, J Li, Z Sun, L Ji, Z Tian… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Changning–Menglian orogenic belt (CMOB) in the southeastern Tibetan
Plateau, is considered as the main suture zone marking the closure of the Palaeo‐Tethys …

Prograde P–T Evolution of a Lawsonite Eclogite from the Monviso Meta-ophiolite (Western Alps): Dehydration and Redox Reactions during Subduction of Oceanic …

C Groppo, D Castelli - Journal of Petrology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Lawsonite eclogites represent fossil records of processes occurring during subduction of
cold-and fast-subducting slabs, and provide an opportunity to investigate the thermal and …

The North American-Caribbean plate boundary in Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras

L Ratschbacher, L Franz, M Min… - Geological Society …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
New structural, geochronological, and petrological data highlight which crustal sections of
the North American–Caribbean Plate boundary in Guatemala and Honduras accommodated …