Inverted metamorphism in the High Himalaya of Himachal Pradesh (NW India): Phase equilibria versus thermobarometry

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-132

  Vannay, Jean Claude ^a   Grasemann, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Himachal Pradesh; Himalaya; Inverted metamorphism; P T path; Re equilibration; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; INVERTED METAMORPHISM;

INDIA;

EID: 0031828990     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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