Reconstruction of the exhumation path of the Alpe Arami garnet-peridotite body from depths exceeding 160 km

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 581-592

  Brenker, F E ^a   Brey, G P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpe Arami; Central Alps; Disequilibrium; Garnet peridotite; Geothermobarometry

Indexed keywords

ALPINE METAMORPHISM; EXHUMATION PATH; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; PERIDOTITE;

SWITZERLAND, TICINO, ALPE ARAMI;

EID: 0031473448     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1997.tb00637.x     Document Type: Article

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