The origin of Alpine plutons along the Periadriatic Lineament

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-66

  Von Blanckenburg, F ^a   Kagami, H ^b   Deutsch, A ^c   Oberli, F ^d   Meier, M ^d   Wiedenbeck, M ^e   Barth, S ^f   Fischer, H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g Vetropac Holding AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Intrusives; Isotope geochemistry; Mantle melting; Periadriatic Lineament; Slab breakoff

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; OLIGOCENE; PLUTONISM;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0031828593     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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