U-Pb ages of magmatic rocks of the western Austroalpine Dent-Blanche-Sesia Unit

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-168

  Bussy, François ^a,b   Venturini, Guido ^b   Hunziker, Johannes ^b   Martinotti, Giorgio ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Austroalpine; Granite; Magmatism; Sesia zone; U Pb ages; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PERMIAN;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031826432     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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