Early Miocene high-temperature metamorphism and rapid exhumation in the Betic Cordillera (Spain): Evidence from U-Pb zircon ages

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 591-605

  Platt, J P ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratory for Isotope Geology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; High temperature; Metamorphism; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033618936     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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