HT-fabrics in a garnet-bearing quartzite from Western Portugal: Geodynamic implications for the Iberian Variscan Belt

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 96-103

  Fernández, Francisco J ^a   Chaminé, Helder I ^b   Fonseca, Paulo E ^c   Munhá, José M ^c   Ribeiro, António ^c   Aller, Jesus ^a   Fuertes Fuentes, Mercedes ^a   Borges, Frederico S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GARNET; GEODYNAMICS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; QUARTZITE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0037628895     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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