Petrological and geochronological discrimination of two white-mica generations in a granite cored from the Larderello-Travale geothermal field (Italy)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 563-568

  Villa, Igor M ^a   Ruggieri, Giovanni ^b   Puxeddu, Mariano ^b  

^a Gruppe Isotopengeologie   (Switzerland)

^b Ist Internazionale Ric G   (Italy)

Author keywords

19Ar 40Ar dating; Geothermal fields; Granite; Larderello Travale; Muscovite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MICA; MIXTURES;

AGE SPECTRUM; ELECTRON MICROPROBE DATA; INTER-GROWTHS; LARDERELLO-TRAVALE; MUSCOVITE; THERMAL ANOMALIES; TWO PHASE MIXTURES; ^19AR/^40AR DATING;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; GRANITE; MUSCOVITE;

ITALY, CAMPANIA, LARDERELLO-TRAVALE GEOTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 0030843916     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/3/0563     Document Type: Article

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