The thermal evolution of Corsica as recorded by zircon fission-tracks

Tectonophysics

Volumn 421, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 299-317

  Fellin, M Giuditta ^a,b   Vance, Joseph A ^c   Garver, John I ^d   Zattin, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Corsica; Fission track annealing; High pressure metamorphism; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COOLING; DEFORMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; METAMORPHISM; OCEAN BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745918024     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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