A 40Ar/39Ar laser probe study of micas from the Sesia Zone, Italian Alps: Implications for metamorphic and deformation histories

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-508

  Reddy, S M ^a   Kelley, S P ^b   Wheeler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Eclogite; Excess argon; Geochronology; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; DEFORMATION; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MICA;

ITALY, ALPS, SESIA ZONE;

EID: 0030467590     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1996.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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