Further evidence for an early Carboniferous ( ∼340 Ma) age of high-grade metamorphism in the Saxonian granulite complex

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 751-766

  Kroner A ^a   Jaeckel, P ^a,b   Reischmann, T ^a,b   Kroner, U ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

High grade metamorphism; Saxonian granulite complex; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749117453     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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