Mesozoic formation of pyroxenites and gabbros in the Ronda area (southern Spain), followed by Early Miocene subduction metamorphism and emplacement into the middle crust: U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe dating of zircon

Tectonophysics

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 19-44

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Lourdes ^a   Gebauer, Dieter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence; HP HT metamorphism; Protolith ages; Ronda peridotites; SHRIMP

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; EMPLACEMENT; GABBRO; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; PYROXENITE; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

SPAIN;

EID: 17144455711     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00256-5     Document Type: Article

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