Prograde high- to ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and exhumation of oceanic sediments at Lago di Cignana, Zermatt-Saas Zone, western Alps

Lithos

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 147-189

  Reinecke, T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coesite; Exhumation; Metasediments; Oceanic crust; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ITALY;

EID: 0031874627     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(97)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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