The role of lower crust and continental upper mantle during formation of non-volcanic passive margins: Evidence from the Alps

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 187, Issue , 2001, Pages 267-288

  Müntener, Othmar ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWER CRUST; MESOZOIC; MICROSTRUCTURE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; P-T CONDITIONS; PASSIVE MARGIN; UPPER MANTLE;

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EID: 0035722497     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.187.01.13     Document Type: Article

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