The Santa Giusta ignimbrite (NW Sardinia): A clue for the magmatic, structural and sedimentary evolution of a Variscan segment between Early Permian and Triassic

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 683-695

  Buzzi, Laura ^a   Gaggero, Laura ^a   Oggiano, Giacomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Lithospheric delamination; Permo Triassic; Rhyolite; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549097832     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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