Conversion of carbonaceous material to graphite within the Greywacke Zone of the Eastern Alps

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 959-973

  Rantitsch, Gerd ^a   Grogger, Werner ^b   Teichert, Christian ^a   Ebner, Fritz ^a   Hofer, Christian ^a   Maurer, Eva Maria ^a   Schaffer, Bernhard ^b   Toth, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b Research Institute for Electron Microscopy   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous material; Eastern Alps; Graphitization; High resolution atomic force microscopy; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Low grade metamorphism; Raman micro spectroscopy; Vitrinite reflectance; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CRETACEOUS; GRAPHITIZATION; METAMORPHISM; TEXTURE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10044297247     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-004-0436-1     Document Type: Article

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