Preservation and thermal alteration of organic matter in the Ortles and Quattervals nappes (Upper Austroalpine, North-Eastern Lombardy, Italy): Preliminary results and implications for regional geology

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 325-336

  Berra, Fabrizio ^a,b   Cirilli, Simonetta ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^b Servizio Geologico Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

Austroalpine; Italy; Organic matter petrography; Thermal maturity; Triassic

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; NAPPE; ORGANIC MATTER; TECTONIC BURIAL; THERMAL MATURITY; TRIASSIC;

ITALY, LOMBARDY;

EID: 0031432074     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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