A reappraisal of episodic burial metamorphism in the Andes of central Chile

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-528

  Robinson, D ^a   Bevins, R E ^b   Aguirre, L ^c   Vergara, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); GREENSCHIST FACIES; JURASSIC; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642422775     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0516-4     Document Type: Article

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