Metamorphic evolution of calc-schists in the Central Alps, Switzerland

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 175-190

  Kuhn, Barbara K ^a,b   Reusser, Eric ^a   Powell, Roger ^c   Günther, Detlef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Melbourne ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calc schist; Central Alps; Characteristics mineral assemblages; Metamorphic evolution; Scapolite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CLINOZOISITE; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; SCAPOLITE; SCHIST; SILICATE MINERAL;

ALPS; BERGELL MASSIF; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTTHARD MASSIF; LEPONTINE ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 36348959173     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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