Thermo-chronology of the Barlet metamorphic basement unit: Evidence for a Stephanian thermal event linked to Sb mineralizations in the Haut Allier, France

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-404

  van Hinsberg, V J ^a,d   Zinngrebe, E ^b   de Wus, H ^c   Vriend, S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ceramics Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; STEPHANIAN; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ALLIER; AUVERGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947425587     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-183     Document Type: Article

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