Alpine and pre-Alpine magmatism in the root-zone of the western Central Alps

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 138-158

  Romer, Rolf L ^a,c   Schärer, Urs ^a   Steck, Albrecht ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALPINE OROGENY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0030484971     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050147     Document Type: Article

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