Tectonometamorphic evolution of high-pressure rocks from the island of Amorgos (Central Aegean, Greece)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 425-438

  Rosenbaum, Gideon ^a   Ring, Uwe ^b   Kühn, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CLINOPYROXENE; GARNET; METABASITE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33947388763     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-005     Document Type: Article

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