Correlation and distinction between similar metapelite units: A geochemical approach in a case study from the Eastern Alps (Italy)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-19

  Peruzzo, Luca ^a   Busà, Tiziana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Geochemistry; Metamorphic rocks; Metapelites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035585656     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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