Low-temperature thermal evolution of the Azov Massif (Ukrainian Shield-Ukraine) - Implications for interpreting (U-Th)/He and fission track ages from cratons

Tectonophysics

Volumn 456, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 171-179

  Danišík, Martin ^a   Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^b   Privalov, Vitaliy A ^c   Panova, Elena A ^d   Frisch, Wolfgang ^a   Spiegel, Cornelia ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c DONETSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^d UkrNIMI   (Ukraine)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

(U Th) He dating; Alpha ejection correction; Azov Massif; East European Craton; Fission track dating; Thermal history modelling

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MODELING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPWELLING;

AZOV MASSIF; DNIEPER-DONETS BASIN; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN PLATFORM; UKRAINE; UKRAINIAN SHIELD;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 48749119022     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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