Tertiary migmatites in the Central Alps: Regional distribution, field relations, conditions of formation and tectonic implications

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 215-232

  Burri, Thomas ^a   Berger, Alfons ^a   Engi, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibole geothermobarometry; Central Alps; Migmatites; Water assisted melting

Indexed keywords

DIKE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRANITOID; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; MIGMATIZATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33748252318     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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