The tectonic significance of a porphyroblastic blueschist facies overprint during Alpine orogenesis: Sifnos, Aegean Sea, Greece

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1417-1435

  Lister, Gordon S ^a   Raouzaios, Adamandia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MICA DEPOSITS; ROCKS;

ECLOGITE BLUESCHIST DOMAIN (EBD); GREENSCHIST DOMAIN (GSD); PORPHYROBLASTIC BLUESCHIST FACIES;

TECTONICS;

ALPINE OROGENY; ARGON-40/ARGON-39; BLUESCHIST FACIES; COOLING RATE; PORPHYROBLAST;

GREECE, SIFNOS;

EID: 0030429138     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(96)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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