Effect of the chemical composition of the crust on the metamorphic evolution of orogenic wedges

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-141

  Goffe B ^a   Bousquet, R ^b   Henry, P ^a   Le Pichon, X ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Central alps; Metamorphism; Numerical modelling; P T paths; Rock densities

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUST; METAMORPHISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC WEDGE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0037329232     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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