Eo/Oligocene (35 Ma) high-pressure metamorphism in the Gornergrat Zone (Monte Rosa, Western Alps): implications for paleogeography

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-362

  Rubatto, Daniela ^a,b   Gebauer, Dieter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gornergrat Zone; High pressure metamorphism; Monte Rosa; SHRIMP; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033377121     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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