Modelling phase-assemblage diagrams for magnesian metapelites in the system K2O-FeO-MgO-Al2O3- SiO2-H2O: Geodynamic consequences for the Monte Rosa nappe, Western Alps

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-412

  Le Bayon, R ^a,b   de Capitani, C ^a   Frey, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAPELITE; P-T CONDITIONS;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTE ROSA; PENNINE ALPS;

EID: 33645020578     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0067-6     Document Type: Article

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