Time scales of deformation and exhumation in extensional detachment systems determined by high-spatial resolution in situ UV-laser 40Ar/39Ar dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 375-390

  Mulch, A ^a,c   Cosca, Michael A ^a   Andresen, Arild ^b   Fiebig, Jens ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ar 40 Ar 39; Cooling age; Crystallization; Deformation; Fault zones; Geochronology; Laser ablation; Mica fish; Mylonites; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

MUSCOVITES; NEOCRYSTALLIZATION; OROGENS; SYNKINEMATICS;

DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; KINEMATICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

MICA;

EID: 18244372949     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.01.042     Document Type: Article

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