Structural and petrographic analysis at the north-eastern margin of the Oligocene Traversella pluton (Internal Western Alps, Italy)

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-68

  Zanoni, Davide ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Form surface map; Sesia Lanzo Zone; Traversella pluton; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954258971     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG.2009.04     Document Type: Article

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