U-Pb zircon geochronology of a tholeiitic intrusion and associated migmatites at a continental crust-mantle transition, Val Malenco, Italy

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-255

  Hansmann, W ^a   Muntener O ^a   Hermann, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common lead; Crust mantle transition; Eastern Central Alps; Geochronology; Tholeiitic gabbro; U Pb method; Val Malenco; Zircons

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MIGMATITE; PERMIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ITALY;

EID: 0034862373     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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