LPHT metamorphism in a late orogenic transpressional setting, Albera Massif, NE Iberia: Implications for the geodynamic evolution of the Variscan Pyrenees

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-347

  Vila M ^a   Pin, C ^b   Liesa, M ^c   Enrique, P ^c  

^a Institut Geològic de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

LPHT metamorphism; Pyrenees; Syntectonic metamorphism and magmatism; Transcurrent slab break off; Variscan Orogeny

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

ALBERA MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 34047270927     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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