Age constraints on the evolution of the Austroalpine basement to the south of the Tauern window

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-432

  Siegesmund, Siegfried ^a   Heinrichs, Till ^a   Romer, Rolf L ^b   Doman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austroalpine basement; Ordovician arc magmatism; Shrimp dating; Staurolite Pb Pb step wise leaching; Variscan metamorphism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID INCLUSION; GONDWANA; GRANITE; KYANITE; MAGMATISM; METABASITE; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; SHRIMP DATING; STAUROLITE; THOLEIITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; TAUERN WINDOW;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 34248675783     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0115-5     Document Type: Article

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