The Meso-Cenozoic thermo-tectonic evolution of the Eastern Pyrenees: An 40Ar/39Ar fission track and (U-Th)/He thermochronological study of the Canigou and Mont-Louis massifs

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 565-584

  Maurel, O ^a,c   Monie P ^a   Pik, R ^b   Arnaud, N ^a   Brunel, M ^a   Jolivet, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Canigou massif; Exhumation; Mont Louis granite; Multi method thermochronology; Pyrenees; T t fault

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THRUST; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 42149193136     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-007-0179-x     Document Type: Article

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