The Mont-Mort metapelites: Variscan metamorphism and geodynamic context (Brianconnais basement, Western Alps, Switzerland)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-398

  Giorgis, David ^a   Thélin, Philippe ^a   Stampfli, Gérard ^a   Bussy, François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; Brianconnais basement; Metapelites; Palaeo Tethys; U Pb ages; Variscan

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0342904964     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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