Protracted fluid-induced melting during Barrovian metamorphism in the Central Alps

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 703-722

  Rubatto, Daniela ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a   Berger, Alfons ^b,c   Engi, Martin ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350400434     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0406-5     Document Type: Article

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