High-pressure-low-temperature metamorphism and deformation in the Bundnerschiefer of the Engadine window: implications for the regional evolution of the eastern central Alps

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 657-674

  Bousquet, R ^a   Oberhansli R ^b   Goffe, B ^a   Jolivet, L ^c   Vidal, O ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; NAPPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0344653629     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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