Rapid Variscan exhumation and the role of magma in core complex formation: Southern Brittany metamorphic belt, France

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-379

  Brown, Michael ^a   Dallmeyer, R David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; Core complex formation; Decompression P T path; Extensional tectonics; Granite; T t path

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; DECOMPRESSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRANITE; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; P/T PATH; VARISCAN;

FRANCE, BRITTANY;

EID: 0029753783     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1996.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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