Thermochronologic evidence for the exhumational history of the Alpi Apuane metamorphic core complex, northern Apennines, Italy

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Fellin, Maria Giuditta ^a,b   Reiners, Peter W ^c   Brandon, Mark T ^d   Wüthrich, Eliane ^e   Balestrieri, Maria Laura ^f   Molli, Giancarlo ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIOCENE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

APENNINES; APUANE ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 39849105684     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002085     Document Type: Article

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