Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and exhumation of garnet peridotite in Pohorje, Eastern Alps

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-31

  Janák, Marian ^a   Froitzheim, N ^b   Vrabec, M ^c   Krogh Ravna, E J ^d   De Hoog, J C M ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alps; Garnet peridotite; Pohorje; Slab extraction; Ultrahigh pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GARNET; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; POHORJE MOUNTAINS; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645880120     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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