U-Pb SHRIMP zircon dating of andesite from the Dolomite area (NE Italy): Geochronological evidence for the early onset of Permian Volcanism in the eastern part of the southern Alps

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-324

  Visonà, Dario ^a   Fioretti, Anna Maria ^b   Poli, Maria Eliana ^c   Zanferrari, Adriano ^c   Fanning, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Andesite; Athesian Volcanic District; NE Italy; Permian; SHRIMP age

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; DOLOMITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 53549088269     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-007-1219-z     Document Type: Article

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