Coronitic microstructures in patchy eclogitised continental crust: The Lago della Vecchia pre-Alpine metagranite (Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Western Italian Alps)

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 38, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zucali, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clogite; Corona reaction; Diffusive mass transfer; Granite; Subduction; Western Italian Alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855744940     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2011.00286     Document Type: Article

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