Two orogenic cycles recorded in eclogite-facies gneiss from the southern Armorican Massif (France)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1173-1190

  Godard, Gaston ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Armorican massif (Vend e, France); Eclogite facies; Metapelites; Poly orogenic rocks; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FELDSPAR; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIA; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; ECLOGITES; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAPELITES; OROGENIC ROCKS; VARISCAN OROGENIES;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CORDIERITE; ECLOGITE; GNEISS; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; MIGMATIZATION; PSEUDOMORPH;

ARMORICAN MASSIF; BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

MICAS;

EID: 77149163494     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1984     Document Type: Article

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