Mesozoic paleogeography and the timing of eclogitefacies metamorphism in the Alps: A working hypothesis

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-110

  Froitzheim, Nikolaus ^a   Schmid, Stefan M ^a   Frey, Martin ^b  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Eclogites; Meliata Hallstatt ocean; Paleogeography; Piemont Liguria ocean; Subduction; Valais ocean

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE FACIES; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0029729289     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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