Mineral parageneses in the Piampaludo eclogitic body, Gruppo di Voltri, western Ligurian Alps

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-335

  Liou, Juhn G ^a   Zhang, Ruyuan ^a   Ernst, W G ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   McLimans, Roger ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; PARAGENESIS; PHASE RELATIONS;

ITALY, LIGURIA;

EID: 0344193650     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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