Timing and origin of zircon-bearing chlorite schists in the Ronda peridotites (Betic Cordilleras, Southern Spain)

Lithos

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 121-135

  Esteban, J J ^a   Cuevas, J ^a   Tubia J M ^a   Liati, A ^b   Seward, D ^c   Gebauer, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Chlorite schist; Fission track; Ronda peridotites; U Pb SHRIMP age

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; COOLING; DIKE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MONAZITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROGRAPHY; SCHIST; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 35348832316     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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