A new petro-structural map of the Monte Mucrone metagranitoids (Sesia-Lanzo Zone, Western Alps)

Journal of Maps

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 410-424

  Delleani, Francesco ^a   Spalla, M Iole ^a,b   Castelli, Daniele ^c   Gosso, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

deformation evolution; metamorphic evolution; multiscale analysis; petrological mapping; Sesia Lanzo Zone; structural mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880963757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17445647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2013.800004     Document Type: Article

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