Geochronology of regional metamorphism in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone and Serie dei Laghi, Italian Alps

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-401

  Boriani, Attilio C ^a   Villa, Igor M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

39Ar 40Ar dating; Amphiboles; Isotope correlations; Ivrea Zone; Metamorphic geochronology; Strona Ceneri Serie dei Laghi; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; PALAEOZOIC; VARISCAN OROGENY;

ITALY, ALPS, IVREA-VERBANO ZONE; ITALY, ALPS, SERIE DEI LAGHI;

EID: 0031433613     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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