Inconsistencies between cpx-grt geothermometry and field observations: Example of the peraluminous eclogites from Beni Bousera (North Morocco)

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-86

  Alaoui, Hassan Chrifi ^a   Kornprobst, Jacques ^a   Laporte, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOTHERMOMETRY;

MOROCCO, BENI BOUSERA;

EID: 0031438948     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1997.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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