Abstract
In this paper, Late Miocene blueschist and eclogite belts, including the world's youngest blueschist belt in Timor-Tanimbar Island chain, eastern Indonesia, and the world's youngest coesite-bearing eclogite, Papua New Guinea, together with selected Cenozoic high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks are reviewed. From a synthesis of the geology, metamorphism and chronology of these rocks, the formation and exhumation process are evaluated and the significance on tectonics at convergent plate boundaries is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 167-188 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Gondwana Research |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2010 |
Keywords
- Blueschist
- Eclogite
- Orogeny
- Plate subduction
- Tectonics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geology