Provenance of Oligocene synorogenic sediments of the Ligurian Alps (NW Italy): Inferences on belt age and cooling history

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 758-778

  Barbieri, Chiara ^a   Carrapa, Barbara ^b   Di Giulio, Andrea ^a   Wijbrans, Jan ^b   Murrell, Glen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ligurian Alps; Mineral chemistry; Provenance; Thermochronology; Transgression

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FISSION TRACK DATING; OLIGOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542493032     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0351-x     Document Type: Article

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