The evolution of pre-Variscan eclogites of the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps): A Sm/Nd-, conventional and Laser ICP-MS zircon U-Pb study

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-279

  Von Quadt, Albrecht ^a   Günther, Detlef ^a   Frischknecht, Rolf ^a   Zimmermann, Rolf ^b   Franz, Gerhard ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cambrian magmatism; Silurian metamorphism; Sm Nd signatures; Tauern Window; U Pb zircon

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT; CAMBRIAN; ECLOGITE; ICP-MS; METAMORPHISM; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING; SILURIAN; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

AUSTRIA, ALPS, TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 0031433394     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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