Ar-Ar and U-Pb ages of marble-hosted ruby deposits from central and southeast Asia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-532

  Garnier, V ^a   Maluski, H ^b   Giuliani, G ^a,c   Ohnenstetter, D ^a   Schwarz, D ^d  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Gubelin Gem Lab   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DEFORMATION; LEAD; MARBLE; TECTONICS; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

METAMORPHISM; OROGENESIS; PHLOGOPITES; RUBY DEPOSITS;

RUBY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; INDIAN PLATE; METAMORPHISM; OLIGOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PHLOGOPITE; PLIOCENE; RUBY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; MYANMAR; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33746409065     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-005     Document Type: Article

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