Variscan to eo-Alpine events recorded in European lower-crust zircons sampled from the French Massif Central and Corsica, France

Lithos

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 235-260

  Rossi, Philippe ^a   Cocherie, Alain ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^b   Deloule, Étienne ^c  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Eo Alpine; Gondwana; Granulite; Lower crust; Tethys Sea; U Pb dating; Variscan

Indexed keywords

HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ZIRCON;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645231464     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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