Molybdenum mineralization at Alpeiner Scharte, Tyrol (Austria): Results of in-situ U-Pb zircon and Re-Os molybdenite dating

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-64

  Langthaler, K J ^a   Raith, J G ^a   Cornell, D H ^b   Stein, H J ^c   Melcher, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENITE; MOLYBDENUM; P-T CONDITIONS; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS; TAUERN WINDOW; TYROL;

EID: 5644257234     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-004-0048-2     Document Type: Article

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