Cooling pattern and mineralization history of the Saint Sylvestre and western Marche leucogranite pluton, French Massif Central: I. 40Ar/39Ar isotopic constraints

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 4653-4671

  Scaillet, S ^a,b,d   Cheilletz, A ^a   Cuney, M ^c   Farrar, E ^b   Archibald, D A ^b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CREGU Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; COOLING HISTORY; LEUCOGRANITE; MINERALIZATION; VARISCAN;

FRANCE, MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 0030433546     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00291-8     Document Type: Article

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