Petrological evidence for crustal thickening and extension in the Serre granulite terrane (Calabria, southern Italy)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-163

  Acquafredda, Pasquale ^a   Fornelli, Annamaria ^a   Paglionico, Antonio ^a   Piccarreta, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hercynian; Migmatites; P T path; Southern Calabria

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SILICATE MINERALS; STABILITY; TEXTURES;

CALABRIA; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; HERCYNIAN; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; MIGMATITES; P-T PATH; REACTION TEXTURES;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; MIGMATITE; PETROLOGY; TERRANE;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SALERNO; SERRE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646231777     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805001482     Document Type: Article

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