Nascent subduction: record in Yukon eclogites

• Main Authors: Philippot, Pascal, Perchuk, Alexei
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Pétrologie, Modélisation de Matériaux et Processus (UMR 7160), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2000
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Canada; Faro; Yukon
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03867279

International audience Eclogites from the Faro area (Yukon-Tanana terrain, Canada) occur within glaucophane schists, mica gneisses, and quartzites. The rocks provide evidence of metamorphic evolution during the onset of subduction. Geothermobarometry (by the Grt-Cpx thermometer and the Cpx-Qtz-Pl ba...