Formation of corundum in metapelites around ultramafic bodies. An example from the Saualpe region, Eastern Alps

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Riesco, M ^a,b   Stüwe, Kurt ^a   Reche, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORUNDUM; HOST ROCK; METAPELITE; METASOMATISM; PARAGENESIS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

EID: 11244346781     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0062-4     Document Type: Article

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