U-Pb zircon dating of granitoids from the Dora-Maira massif (western Italian Alps)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-233

  Bussy, François ^a,b   Cadoppi, Paola ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dora Maira; Granite; U Pb geochronology; Variscan; Western Alps; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

ITALY, ALPS, DORA-MAIRA MASSIF;

EID: 0030453881     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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