Heat sources of Cretaceous metamorphism in the Eastern Alps - A discussion

Tectonophysics

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 251-269

  Stüwe, Kurt ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Heat sources; Metamorphism; Shear heat

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HEAT SOURCE; METAMORPHISM;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0031868897     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)80072-3     Document Type: Article

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