The youngest basic oceanic magmatism in the Alps (Late Cretaceous; Chiavenna unit, Central Alps): Geochronological constraints and geodynamic significance

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-158

  Liati, Anthi ^a   Gebauer, Dieter ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; MAGMATISM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 0346773105     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0485-7     Document Type: Article

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