First day H-T/L-P metamorphism and structures in the South-Alpine basement near Lake Como, Orobic Alps; intracontinental imprints of the Permo-Triassic rifting

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Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-145

  Gosso, Guido ^a   Siletto, Gian Bartolomeo ^b,c   Spalla, Maria Iole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Servizio Geologico Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metamorphic basement; Permo Triassic; Rifting metamorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009564834     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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