3-D assessment of peak-metamorphic conditions by Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material: An example from the margin of the Lepontine dome (Swiss Central Alps)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1029-1063

  Wiederkehr, Michael ^a,b,e   Bousquet, Romain ^b   Ziemann, Martin A ^b   Berger, Alfons ^c   Schmid, Stefan M ^a,d  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Geotechnisches Institut AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barrovian metamorphism; Central Alps; Graphitization; HP metamorphism; Metasediments; Micro Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; BLUESCHIST FACIES; CRYSTALLINITY; EOCENE; GRAPHITIZATION; HIGH PRESSURE; MAPPING; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; NAPPE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBDUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

ADULA;

EID: 79957644182     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0622-2     Document Type: Article

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