40Ar/39Ar dating of Penninic Front tectonic displacement (W Alps) during the Lower Oligocene (31-34Ma)

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-136

  Simon labric, T ^a   Rolland, Y ^b   Dumont, T ^c   Heymes, T ^c   Authemayou, C ^a   Corsini, M ^b   Fornari, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; OLIGOCENE; PHENGITE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 63049083990     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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