Gravity inversion, AMS and geochronological investigations of syntectonic granitic plutons in the southern part of the Variscan French Massif Central

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-443

  Joly, Aurore ^a   Faure, Michel ^b   Martelet, Guillaume ^c   Chen, Yan ^b  

^a School of Earth and Environment   (Australia)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS); Granite fabrics; Gravity investigations and inversion; Monazite chemical U Th Pb dating; Sillon Houiller Fault; Variscan Belt

Indexed keywords

3D MODELLING; ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY (AMS); GRAVITY INVESTIGATIONS AND INVERSION; SILLON HOUILLER FAULT; VARISCAN BELT;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; FABRICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAPPING; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

CARBONIFEROUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LINEATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MONAZITE; PLUTON; THORIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64449083215     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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