Isobaric cooling and anti-clockwise P-T paths in the Variscan Odenwald Crystalline Complex, Germany

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 469-480

  Will, T M ^a   Schmadicke E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti clockwise P T paths; KFMASH pseudosections; Low P high T metamorphism; Mid German Crystalline Rise; Variscides

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS;

GERMANY;

EID: 0038335486     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2003.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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