Exhumation of the Central Alps: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar laserprobe dating of detrital white micas from the Swiss Molasse Basin

Terra Nova

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 284-289

  Von Eynatten, H ^a   Schlunegger, F ^a   Gaupp, R ^a   Wijbrans, J R ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICA; MIOCENE; MOLASSE; OLIGOCENE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033303163     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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