Duration of a large Mafic intrusion and heat transfer in the lower crust: A SHRIMP U-Pb zircon Study in the Ivrea-Verbano Zone (Western Alps, Italy)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1185-1218

  Peressini, G ^a,b   Quick, J E ^c   Sinigoi, S ^a   Hofmann, A W ^b   Fanning, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ivrea Verbano Zone; Thermal evolution of continental crust; U Pb SHRIMP geochronology; Underplating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LOWER CRUST; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; PERMIAN; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; IVREA-VERBANO ZONE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447633055     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm014     Document Type: Article

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