Eo-Alpine eclogitisation of Permian MORB-type gabbros in the Koralpe (Eastern Alps, Austria): New geochronological, geochemical and petrological data

Chemical Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 283-310

  Miller, Christine ^a   Thöni, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Inst für Geol der Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine geodynamics; Eastern Alps; Eclogite; Gabbro eclogite transition; High P metamorphism; Sm Nd mineral dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041939483     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00165-9     Document Type: Article

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