Pre-Alpine geochronology of the Central, Western and Southern Alps

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-87

  Schaltegger, Urs ^a   Gebauer, Dieter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine basement; Ar Ar; Geochronology; K Ar; Rb Sr; Re Os; Sm Nd; U Pb

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOZOIC;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032987154     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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