Age, origin and geodynamic significance of plagiogranites in lherzolites and gabbros of the Piedmont-Ligurian ocean basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 227-241

  Borsi, Laura ^a,b   Schärer, Urs ^a   Gaggero, Laura ^c   Crispini, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Ligurian Alps; Northern Apennines; Plagiogranites; Sm Nd; U Pb

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; JURASSIC; LHERZOLITE; MAGMATISM; PLAGIOGRANITE; RIFTING; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

ITALY, APENNINES; ITALY, LIGURIA, ALPS;

EID: 0030442507     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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