Dating the evolution of C-S microstructures: A combined 40Ar/39Ar step-heating and UV laserprobe analysis of the Alpine Roffna shear zone

Chemical Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 3-19

  Challandes, Nathalie ^a   Marquer, Didier ^b   Villa, Igor M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c Isotopengeologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Alps; K Ar systematics; Microstructures; Phengites; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; P-T-T PATH; PHENGITE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RHYOLITE; SHEAR ZONE; TERTIARY;

ALPS; SURETTA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0038814734     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00354-6     Document Type: Article

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