P-T evolution of eclogite-facies metabasite from NE Sardinia, Italy: Insights into the prograde evolution of Variscan eclogites

Lithos

Volumn 121, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 135-150

  Cruciani, Gabriele ^a   Franceschelli, Marcello ^a   Groppo, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Metabasite; Metamorphic evolution; P T path; Pseudosection modelling; Sardinia; Variscan Orogeny

Indexed keywords

ALBITE; AMPHIBOLE; CLINOPYROXENE; ECLOGITE; EPIDOTE; FACIES; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METABASITE; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PETROLOGY;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 78650238957     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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