Metamorphism of the pre-Alpine basement and the Phyllite-Quartzite Unit s.str. of Kythira (External Hellenides, Greece)

Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-483

  Romer, Tanja ^a   Völs, Sonja ^a   Schulz, Bernhard ^b   Xypolias, Paraskevas ^c   Zulauf, Gernold ^d   Krenn, Erwin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine orogeny; Cyclades; Garnet; Geothermobarometry; Glaucophane; Glaucophane schists; P T path; Phyllite; Pre alpine basement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959316618     PISSN: 18601804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2008/0159-0469     Document Type: Article

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