Exhumation of high-grade rocks in the Saxo-Thuringian Belt: Geological constraints and geodynamic concepts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 179, Issue , 2000, Pages 337-354

  Franke, W ^a   Stein, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 80053361113     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.179.01.20     Document Type: Article

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