The P-T path of the ultra-high pressure Lago Di Cignana and adjoining high-pressure meta-ophiolitic units: Insights into the evolution of the subducting Tethyan slab

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-231

  Groppo, Chiara ^a   Beltrando, M ^a   Compagnoni, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

P T evolution; Pseudosection analysis; Subduction zone; Ultra high pressure Lago di Cignana Unit; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

COESITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; ECLOGITE; EOCENE; OPHIOLITE; P-T-T PATH; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TETHYS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAGO DI CIGNANA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALLE D'AOSTA; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 63049100102     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2009.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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