The Palaeozoic metamorphic evolution of the Alpine External Massifs

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-22

  Von Raumer, Jürgen ^a   Abrecht, Jürgen ^b   Bussy, François ^c   Lombardo, Bruno ^d   Ménot, René Pierre ^e   Schaltegger, Urs ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b GEOTEST AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; External Massifs; Metamorphic evolution; Ordovician; Palaeozoic; Subduction

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0032985335     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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