Transitional blueschist-epidote amphibolite facies metamorphism in the Frankenberg massif, Germany, and geotectonic implications

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-125

  Rotzler J ^a   Carswell, D A ^b   Gerstenberger, H ^a   Haase, G ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Variscides; Geochronology; High pressure metamorphism; Saxony; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; BLUESCHIST; EPIDOTE; METAMORPHISM; TECTONICS;

GERMANY;

EID: 18844475718     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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