Dating of eclogite-facies zircons: The age of Alpine metamorphism in the Sesia-Lanzo Zone (Western Alps)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 141-158

  Rubatto, Daniela ^a   Gebauer, Dieter ^a   Compagnoni, Roberto ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Dipto Sci Mineralogiche P   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine Orogeny; Eclogite facies; Regional metamorphism; Sesia Lanzo zone

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033561610     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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