40Ar/39Ar dating of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) in southwestern Algeria;Datation 40Ar/39Ar de la province magmatique de l'Atlantique central dans le Sud-Ouest algérien

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 970-978

  Chabou, Moulley Charaf ^a,b   Sebai, Amar ^a   Féraud, Gilbert ^c   Bertrand, Hervé ^d  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

^b FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Algeria; Central atlantic magmatic province (CAMP); Dolerites

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; DIABASE; MAGMATISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PLAGIOCLASE; SUTURE ZONE;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAOUDENNI BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 37049035157     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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