Fast exhumation of the ultrahigh-pressure Alpe Arami garnet peridotite (Central Alps, Switzerland): Constraints from geospeedometry and thermal modelling

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-402

  Olker, B ^a   Altherr, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpe Arami; Exhumation; Geospeedometry; Thermal modelling; Ultrahigh pressure garnet peridotite

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GARNET; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALPE ARAMI; ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037645713     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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