U-Pb zircon dating in the middle Penninic basement of the Western Alps (Valais, Switzerland)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Bussy, François ^a,c   Sartori, Mario ^b   Thélin, Philippe ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Monazite; Penninic basement; U Pb ages; Western Alps; Zircon

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; VARISCAN; ZIRCON;

SWITZERLAND, VALAIS;

EID: 0029729722     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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