Silurian-devonian 40Ar/39Ar mineral ages from the Kaintaleck Nappe: Evidence for mid-Paleozoic tectonothermal activity in upper Austroalpine basement units of the Eastern Alps (Austria)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-239

  Handler, Robert ^a   Neubauer, Franz ^a   Hermann, Siegfried ^b   Dallmeyer, R David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Austroalpine; Basement; Eastern Alps; Geochronology; Mid Paleozoic; Terranes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; SILURIAN;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0033149921     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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