Distribution and Geological Position of High-/Ultrahigh-Pressure Units Within the European Variscan Belt: A Review

Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 361-397

  Faryad, Shah Wali ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Europe; Metamorphism; Ultrahigh pressure; Variscan Belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958825030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385144-4.00011-4     Document Type: Chapter

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