Cenozoic denudation of Corsica in response to Ligurian and Tyrrhenian extension: Results from apatite fission track thermochronology

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Zarki Jakni, Bouchra ^a   van der Beek, Peter ^a   Poupeau, Gérard ^a   Sosson, Marc ^b   Labrin, Erika ^a   Rossi, Philippe ^c   Ferrandini, Jean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c Bur Rech Geologiques Minieres   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track thermochronology; Uplift and denudation; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TECTONICS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 6044238237     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001535     Document Type: Article

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