Structure of the Saxonian Granulites: Geological and geophysical constraints on the exhumation of high-pressure/high-temperature rocks in the mid-European Variscan belt

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 756-773

  Durbaum H J ^a,k   Franke, W ^b   Stein, E ^c   Krawczyk, C M ^d   Luschen E ^e   Oettinger, G ^d   Oncken, O ^d   Schuster, K ^d   Haak, V ^d   Enderle, U ^f   Prodehl, C ^f   Berger, H ^g,j   Krentz, O ^g,j   Polom, U ^h   Prochnow, U ^h   Thomas, M ^h   Thomas, R ^h   Kroner, U ⁱ  

^a Universität Giessen ^*

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^g Sachsisches Landesamt F Umwelt G   (Germany)

^h CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^j Sachsisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie   (Germany)

^k NONE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GRANULITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; TECTONICS;

GERMANY;

DOMES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BOHEMIAN MASSIFS; CRUSTAL-SCALE SHEAR ZONES; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH-PRESSURE ROCKS; MAGNETOTELLURIC SURVEYS; MARINE SEDIMENTATION; REFLECTIVE LAYERS; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

EID: 0343710392     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900030     Document Type: Article

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