Origin and tectonic significance of corundum-kyanite-sapphirine amphibolites from the Variscan French Massif Central

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-360

  Berger, J ^a   Femenias O ^a   Ohnenstetter, D ^b   Plissart, G ^a   Mercier, J C C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anticlockwise path; Corundum amphibolites; Ophiolite; Ridge subduction; Variscan

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CORUNDUM; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; KYANITE; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; P-T CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 77950818377     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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