Geochronological constraints on the timing of granitoid magmatism, metamorphism and post-metamorphic cooling in the Hercynian crustal cross-section of Calabria

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 409-421

  Graessner, T ^a,b   Schenk, V ^a   Brocker M ^b   Mezger, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calabria; Cooling path; Crustal cross section; U Pb dating of monazite; Xenotime and zircon

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM;

ITALY;

EID: 0034234337     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2000.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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