Basement evolution in the rhenohercynian segment: Discontinuous exhumation history of the eckergneis complex (Harz Mountains, Germany)

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 105-135

  Franz, Leander ^a,c   Schuster, Alfred Karl ^b,d   Straus, Karl Wilhelm ^b,d  

^a C o DLR   (Germany)

^b Inst Mineral Mineralische R   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; P/T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GERMANY, HARZ MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031455677     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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