A Tertiary age for Alpine high-pressure metamorphism in the Gran Paradiso massif, Western Alps: A Rb-Sr microsampling study

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-281

  Meffan Main, S ^a   Cliff, R A ^a   Barnicoat, A C ^a   Lombardo, B ^b   Compagnoni, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Geochronology; Gran Paradiso; Metamorphism

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; TERTIARY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAIAN ALPS; GRAN PARADISO; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 2542560731     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2004.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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