Geodynamic cycles of subcontinental lithosphere in the Central Alps and the Arami enigma

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-92

  Trommsdorff, Volkmar ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a   Müntener, Othmar ^a   Pfiffner, Marcel ^a   Risold, Anne Chantal ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arami; Central Alps; Gagone; Garnet lherzolite; Malenco; Mantle exhumation; Mantle subduction; Metaperidotite

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXHUMATION; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE; SUBDUCTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034681606     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(99)00028-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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