Jadeitite in the Monviso meta-ophiolite, Piemonte Zone, Italian western Alps

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 79-89

  Compagnoni, Roberto ^a   Rolfo, Franco ^a,b   Manavella, Franco ^c   Salusso, Franco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c not available   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jadeitite; Metamorphism; Monviso; Ophiolite; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953857088     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2451/2007PM0017     Document Type: Article

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