Fossil crust-to-mantle transition, Val Malenco (Italian Alps)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B9, 1997, Pages 20123-20132

  Hermann, Jörg ^a   Müntener, Othmar ^a   Trommsdorff, Volkmar ^a   Hansmann, Werner ^a   Piccardo, Giovanni B ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FOSSIL CRUST/MANTLE BOUNDARY; METAMORPHISM; UNDERPLATING;

ITALY, ALPS, VAL MALENCO;

EID: 0031404680     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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