A Cambrian island arc in the Silvretta nappe: Constraints from geochemistry and geochronology

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-350

  Schaltegger, U ^a   Nagler Th F ^b   Corfu, F ^c   Maggetti, M ^d   Galetti, G ^d   Stosch, H G ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austroalpine; Basement evolution; Geochemistry; Island arc; Nd characteristics; Silvretta nappe; U Pb zircon ages

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT; CAMBRIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

AUSTRIA, TYROL, SILVRETTA NAPPE; SWITZERLAND, SILVRETTA NAPPE;

EID: 0031448389     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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