Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Roignais-Versoyen Unit (Valaisan domain, France)

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 321-343

  Cannic, Sébastien ^a   Lardeaux, Jean Marc ^b   Mugnier, Jean Louis ^a   Hernandez, Jean ^c  

^a Institut Dolomieu   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eclogitic metamorphism; Normal ductile fault; P T path; Roignais Versoyen Unit; Valaisan domain; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; ECLOGITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; ROIGNAIS-VERSOYEN UNIT; TECTONOMETAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; VALAISAN DOMAIN;

FRANCE, ALPS;

EID: 0029729409     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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