The importance of serpentinite mylonites for subduction and exhumation of oceanic crust

Tectonophysics

Volumn 327, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 225-238

  Hermann, J ^a   Muntener O ^a   Scambelluri, M ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Eclogite; Exhumation; Serpentinite; Structure; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; OCEANIC CRUST; SERPENTINITE; SUBDUCTION;

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EID: 0034483566     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00171-2     Document Type: Article

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