Low-pressure metamorphism of Palaeozoic pelites in the Aspromonte, southern Calabria: Constraints for the thermal evolution in the Calabrian crustal cross-section during the Hercynian orogeny

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-172

  Graessner T ^a   Schenk, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal cross section; Granitoids; Hercynian low pressure high temperature metamorphism; Southern Calabria

Indexed keywords

HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS;

ITALY;

EID: 0345535630     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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