The relationship between tectonometamorphic evolution and argon isotope records in white mica: Constraints from in situ 40 Ar-39Ar laser analysis of the Variscan basement of Sardinia

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1013-1043

  Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco ^a   Carosi, Rodolfo ^b   Palmeri, Rosaria ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar laserprobe dating; Barrovian metamorphism; K Ar systematics; Variscan belt; White mica

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; BASEMENT ROCK; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; MICA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142717408     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh002     Document Type: Article

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