P-T evolution of 'crustal' garnet peridotites and included pyroxenites from Nonsberg area (upper Austroalpine), NE Italy: From the wedge to the slab

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 93-115

  Nimis, Paolo ^a   Morten, Lauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Garnet peridotites; Garnet pyroxenites; Nonsberg; Subduction; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; SUBDUCTION;

ITALY;

EID: 0034681609     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(99)00029-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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