Ordovician Barrow-type metamorphism in the Strona-Ceneri Zone (Northern Italy) dated by U-Pb on staurolite

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-395

  Romer, Rolf L ^a   Franz, Leander ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ordovician; Southern alps; Staurolite; Strona Ceneri zone; Tectonometamorphism; U Pb

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; STAUROLITE;

ITALY;

EID: 0032409849     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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