Evidence for two burial/exhumation stages during the evolution of the Variscan belt, as exemplified by P-T-t-d paths of metabasites in distinct allochthonous units of the Maures massif (SE France)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-26

  Bellot, J P ^a   Triboulet, C ^b   Laverne, C ^c   Bronner, G ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibole thermobarometry; Maures massif; Metabasites; P T t d path; Polyphase metamorphism; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); EXHUMATION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METABASALT; METAMORPHISM; P-T-T PATH; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

FRANCE; MAURES MASSIF;

EID: 0037360774     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-002-0302-y     Document Type: Article

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