Bimodal magmatism as a consequence of the post-collisional readjustment of the thickened Variscan continental lithosphere (Aiguilles Rouges-Mont Blanc Massifs, Western Alps)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 350, Issue , 2000, Pages 221-233

  Bussy, François ^a,b   Hernandez, Jean ^b   Von Raumer, Jürgen ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c University of Perolles   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acid basic; Exhumation; Extension; Granite; Migmatites; Syntectonic intrusion; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; IRON ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; MIGMATITES; SYNTECTONIC INTRUSIONS; U-PB DATING;

POTASSIUM ALLOYS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MIGMATITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS; HAUTE SAVOIE; MONT BLANC; SAVOY ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 27744520199     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2350-7.221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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