High-pressure metamorphism of the Lanzo peridotite and its oceanic cover, and some consequences for the Sesia-Lanzo zone (northwestern Italian Alps)

Lithos

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 111-130

  Pelletier, Laure ^a   Müntener, Othmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eclogite facies metamorphism; Granulite; Kyanite talc metagabbro; Lanzo peridotite; Sesia Lanzo zone; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; METAGABBRO; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

SESIA;

EID: 33746289344     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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