Chemical characterization of metabasites from the Turtmann valley (Valais, Switzerland): Implications for their protoliths and geotectonic origin

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-417

  Eisele, Jürgen ^a   Geiger, Sebastian ^a   Rahn, Meinert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogites; Metabasites; Penninic basement; Pre Variscan evolution; REE mobility; Siviez Mischabel nappe; Valais

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; METABASITE; PROTOLITH; TECTONICS;

SWITZERLAND, VALAIS, TURTMAN VALLEY;

EID: 0031433664     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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