Petrology of high-pressure metapelites from the Adula Nappe (Central Alps, Switzerland)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 199-213

  Meyre, Christian ^a   De Capitani, Christian ^a   Zack, Thomas ^b   Frey, Martin ^a  

^a Mineralogisch Petrographisches Inst   (Switzerland)

^b Mineralogisch Petrographisches I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adula nappe; Central Alps; Equilibrium phase diagram; Geothermobarometry; High pressure metapelite

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; PETROLOGY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032933422     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.1.199     Document Type: Article

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