Emergence of blueschists on Earth linked to secular changes in oceanic crust composition

2015/12/14 by Richard M. Palin, Richard W. White, R. W. White · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Blueschist #Crust #Earth science #Eclogite #Eclogitization #Facies #Geochemistry #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Greenschist #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Mantle (geology) #Metamorphic facies #Metamorphic rock #Metamorphism #Oceanic crust #Paleontology #Petrology #Protolith #Subduction #Tectonics #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1038/ngeo2605

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Citations

• Initiation and Evolution of Plate Tectonics on Earth: Theories and Observations
• Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression
• Evidence from ophiolites, blueschists, and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes that the modern episode of subduction tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time

Cited by

• Cold deep subduction recorded by remnants of a Paleoproterozoic carbonated slab
• Greenschist [wikipedia]
• Subduction [wikipedia]