Metamorphic evolution of iron-rich mafic cumulates from the Ötztal-Stubai crystalline complex, Eastern Alps, Austria

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 717-747

  Konzett, Jürgen ^a   Miller, Christine ^a   Armstrong, Richard ^b   Thöni, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cumulates; H gbomite; Saline brines; SHRIMP dating; Variscan metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IRON; METAMORPHIC ROCK;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; OTZTAL; STUBAI; TYROL; WORLD;

EID: 16444367853     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh095     Document Type: Article

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