Timing of high-pressure metamorphism and exhumation of the eclogite type-locality (Kupplerbrunn-Prickler Halt, Saualpe, south-eastern Austria): Constraints from correlations of the Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf, U-Pb and Rb-Sr isotopic systems

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 561-581

  Thöni, Martin ^a   Miller, C ^b   Blichert Toft, J ^c   Whitehouse, M J ^d   Konzett, J ^b   Zanetti, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eastern Alps; Eclogite; Eo Alpine (Cretaceous) event; Geochronology; High pressure metamorphism; Lu Hf; SIMS U Pb; Sm Nd

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; TYPE LOCALITY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; POHORJE MOUNTAINS; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44349090382     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2008.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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