Coesite in garnet-quartzite of Orco Valley (Western Alps): an additional UHP unit in the records of deeply subducted meta-ophiolites

Boero, Federica; Ghignone, Stefano; Gilio, Mattia; Borghini, Alessia; Scaramuzzo, Emanuele; Gasco, Ivano; Bruno, Marco

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Coesite in garnet-quartzite of Orco Valley (Western Alps): an additional UHP unit in the records of deeply subducted meta-ophiolites

Federica Boero, Stefano Ghignone, Mattia Gilio, Alessia Borghini, Emanuele Scaramuzzo, Ivano Gasco, and Marco Bruno

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