Metamorphic processes in rodingites of the zermatt-saas ophiolites

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-51

  Li, Xu Ping ^a,b   Rahn, Meinert ^b,c   Bucher, Kurt ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; RODINGITE; SERPENTINITE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1342268777     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.1.28     Document Type: Article

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