Thermal history of the carnic Alps (Ne Italy-S. Austria) using CAI analysis

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 369-380

  Pondrelli, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLOR ALTERATION INDEX; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; MICROFOSSIL; ORGANIC MATTER; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

AUSTRIA; ITALY;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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