P-T Alpine metamorphic evolution of the Monte Rosa nappe along the Piedmont Zone boundary (Gressoney Valley, NW Italy)

Lithos

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 336-353

  Gasco, Ivano ^a   Borghi, Alessandro ^a   Gattiglio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine metamorphism; Monte Rosa nappe; P T path; Pseudosection; Western Italian Alps

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; NAPPE; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; ITALY; MONTE ROSA; PENNINE ALPS; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 80053902314     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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