An early Palaeozoic supra-subduction lithosphere in the Variscides: New evidence from the Maures massif

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 473-504

  Bellot, Jean Philippe ^a   Laverne, Christine ^b   Bronner, Georges ^b  

^a Université Paul Cezanne Aix Marseille III ^*  (France)

^b Institut Fresnel   (France)

Author keywords

Garnet spinel peridotites; Maures massif; Spinel peridotites; Supra subduction lithosphere; Ultramafic cumulates; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CUMULATE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

FRANCE; MAURES MASSIF; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAR;

EID: 77952426977     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0416-6     Document Type: Article

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