The tectonometamorphic history of the peridotitic Chiavenna unit from Mesozoic to Tertiary tectonics: A restoration controlled by melt polarity indicators (Eastern Swiss Alps)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 205-223

  Huber, R K ^a   Marquer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiavenna unit; Eastern Switzerland; Melt way up criterion; Pennine unit; Subcontinental mantle; Thinned continental margin

Indexed keywords

MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELT; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONICS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032582904     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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