The role of viscous heating in Barrovian metamorphism of collisional orogens: Thermomechanical models and application to the Lepontine Dome in the Central Alps

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-95

  Burg, J P ^a   Gerya, T V ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alps; Barrovian metamorphism; Lepontine Dome; Numerical modelling; Viscous heating

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM;

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

EID: 14844351064     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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