Characterization and geodynamic implications of contrasting metamorphic evolution in juxtaposed high-pressure units of the Western Erzgebirge (Saxony, Germany)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-280

  Rötzler, Kerstin ^a   Schumacher, Renate ^b,c   Maresch, Walter V ^d,e   Willner, Arne P ^e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Mineralogisch Petrographisches Institut und Museum   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exhumation by crustal extension; Pressure temperature path; Thermobarometry; Variscan continent continent collision; Western Erzgebirge

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; MINERAL EXPLORATION; TEMPERATURE;

CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISIONS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; ERZGEBIRGE; TEMPERATURE PATHS; THERMOBAROMETRY;

GEODYNAMICS;

EXHUMATION; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; METAMORPHISM;

GERMANY;

EID: 0031827610     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/10/2/0261     Document Type: Article

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