Gföhl Unit

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The Gföhl Unit is a high-grade metamorphic rock complex within the Bohemian Massif, notable for its granulites and migmatites formed under extreme pressure and temperature conditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological unit
metamorphic rock complex
characterizedBy extreme pressure conditions
extreme temperature conditions
contains felsic granulites
mafic granulites
migmatitic gneiss
orthogneiss
paragneiss
formedDuring Paleozoic
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Variscan metamorphic event
linked to: Variscan orogeny
hasLithology granulite
migmatite
hasMetamorphicFacies amphibolite facies
granulite facies
hasPetrologicalFeature high-pressure mineral assemblages
migmatization
partial melting
locatedIn Austria
Central Europe
Czech Republic
metamorphicGrade high-grade metamorphism
overlies Moldanubian basement
linked to: Moldanubian Zone

Monotonous Unit
partOf Bohemian Massif
Moldanubian Zone
researchedFor Variscan tectonometamorphic evolution
crustal thickening processes
exhumation of deep crustal rocks
tectonicSetting Variscan orogen
linked to: Variscan orogeny

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Moldanubian Zone contains Gföhl Unit