Two subduction events in a polycyclic basement: Alpine and pre-Alpine high-pressure metamorphism in the Suretta nappe, Swiss Eastern Alps

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-605

  Nussbaum, C ^a   Marquer, D ^a   Biino, G G ^b  

^a Institut de Géologie et d'Hydrogéologie   (Switzerland)

^b Inst de Mineral et Petrogr   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0031685395     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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