Synchronous very low-grade metamorphism, contraction and inversion in the central part of the Welsh Lower Palaeozoic Basin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Roberts, B ^a   Merriman, R J ^b   Hirons, S R ^a   Fletcher, C J N ^b   Wilson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low temperature; Metamorphism; Tectonics; Wales; White mica

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; METAMORPHISM; P/T CONDITIONS; TECTONICS; WHITE MICA;

UK, WALES, WELSH BASIN;

EID: 0029773333     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.2.0277     Document Type: Article

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