Late mantle evolution of the Pyrenean sub-continental lithospheric mantle in the light of new 40Ar-39Ar and Sm-Nd ages on pyroxenites and periodotites (Pyrenees, France)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-123

  Henry, P ^a   Azambre, B ^b   Montigny, R ^c   Rossy, M ^a   Stevenson, R K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argon; Mantle; Neodymium; Peridotite; Pyrenees; Pyroxenite

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE SOURCE; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE;

EID: 0032582898     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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