40Ar/ 39Ar ages of detrital white mica from Upper Austroalpine units in the Eastern Alps, Austria: Evidence for Cadomian and contrasting Variscan sources

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-80

  Handler, R ^a   Dallmever, R D ^a   Neubauer, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Detrital; Eastern Alps; Palaeozoic; White mica

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249111517     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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