Structural, AMS and geochronological study of a laccolith emplaced during Late Variscan orogenic extension: The Rocles pluton (SE French Massif Central)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-228

  Be Mezeme, Eugene ^a,b   Faure, M ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Cocherie, A ^b   Talbot, J Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

AMS fabric; Extensional tectonics; French Massif Central; Syntectonic pluton; Variscan Belt

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LACCOLITH; LEUCOGRANITE; MONAZITE; PLUTON; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 33947403980     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0098-2     Document Type: Article

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