Polymetamorphism and ductile deformation of staurolite-cordierite schist of the Bossòst dome: Indication for Variscan extension in the Axial Zone of the central Pyrenees

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 595-612

  Mezger, Jochen E ^a   Passchier, Cees W ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Ductile deformation; Extension tectonics; Pyrenees; Variscan

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GARNETS; GRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; SHEARING;

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; PYRENEES; REGIONAL METAMORPHISMS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; THERMAL RELAXATION; VARISCAN;

DOMES;

CARBONIFEROUS; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SCHIST;

EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 0242667134     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803008112     Document Type: Article

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