Exhumation of alpine high-pressure rocks: Insights from petrology of eclogite clasts in the Tertiary Piedmontese basin (Ligurian Alps, Italy)

Lithos

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 21-40

  Federico, L ^a   Capponi, G ^a   Crispini, L ^a   Scambelluri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blueschist facies; Eclogite facies; Exhumation; Ligurian Alps; Tertiary Piedmontese basin; Voltri Massif

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; HIGH PRESSURE; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TERTIARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042451632     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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