Deformation-induced resetting of Rb/Sr and 40Ar/39Ar mineral systems in a low-grade, polymetamorphic terrane (Eastern Alps, Austria)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-278

  Müller, Wolfgang ^a,d   Dallmeyer, R David ^b   Neubauer, Franz ^c   Thöni, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Deformation; Eastern Alps; Mylonites; Rb Sr

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; METAMORPHISM; MYLONITE; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; TERRANE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0345711463     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.2.0261     Document Type: Article

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