Exhumation as fast as subduction?

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-6

  Rubatto, Daniela ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Geochronology; High pressure metamorphism; Titanite; U Th Pb; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXHUMATION; EXHUMATION RATES; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; NORMAL FAULTING; PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE-TIME PATHS; TECTONIC PROCESS; TITANITE; WESTERN ALPS;

FAULTING;

EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; P-T-T PATH; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY; TITANITE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ALPS; DORA MAIRA MASSIF; ITALY;

EID: 84875002909     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0003:EAFAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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