Mafic granulites in the Cretaceous sedimentary mélanges from the northern Apennine (Italy): Petrology and tectonic implications

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-72

  Montanini, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphiboles; Geochemistry; Granulite facies; Ligure Piemontese Basin; Mineral chemistry; Northern Apennine; Retrograde metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; GRANULITE; MELANGE; METAMORPHISM; RIFTING;

ITALY, APENNINES;

EID: 0030776855     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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