Metasomatic tourmalinite formation along basement-cover décollements, Orobic Alps, Italy

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-207

  Slack, John F ^a   Passchier, Cees W ^b   Zhang, Jia S ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Basement cover d collement; Cataclasite; Geochemistry; Italy; Metasomatism; Orobic Alps; Tourmalinite

Indexed keywords

CATACLASITE; DECOLLEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; METASOMATISM; TOURMALINITE;

ITALY, ALPS, OROBIC ALPS;

EID: 0030461160     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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