Tectonothermal evolution of the internal Alps and Carpathians: Evidence from40Ar/39Ar mineral and whole-rock data

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 203-227

  Dallmeyer, R David ^a   Neubauer, Franz ^b   Handler, Robert ^b   Fritz, Harry ^c   Müller, Wolfgang ^d   Pana, Dinu ^e   Putis, Marian ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar technique; Basement; Cretaceous; Extension; Nappe stacking; Paleozoic

Indexed keywords

ARGON- 40/ARGON-39 DATING; BASEMENT; CRETACEOUS; PALAEOZOIC; TECTONOTHERMAL EVOLUTION;

EUROPE, ALPS; EUROPE, CARPATHIANS;

EID: 0029773248     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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