Variscan vs. Alpine tectonothermal evolution of the southern Carpathian Orogen: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar ages

Tectonophysics

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-135

  Dallmeyer, R D ^a   Neubauer, F ^b   Fritz, H ^c   Mocanu, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULTING; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHIC CRUST; OROGENIC BELT;

CARPATHIANS; EUROPE;

EID: 0032523698     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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