Conditions of eclogite formation and age of retrogression within the Sieggraben unit, Eastern Alps: Implications for Alpine-Carpathian tectonics

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-307

  Neubauer, Franz ^a   Dallmeyer, R David ^b   Takasu, Akira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A subduction; Ar Ar dating; Cretaceous; Eastern Alps; Eclogite; Orogeny; P T path

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NAPPE; P-T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032703026     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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