Syntectonic crustal melting and high-grade metamorphism in a transpressional regime, Variscan Massif Central, France

Tectonophysics

Volumn 477, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 229-243

  Gébelin, Aude ^a,b,c   Roger, Françoise ^a   Brunel, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal melting; High grade metamorphism; Transpression; U Pb dating; Variscan French Massif Central

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MELTING; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHISM; TRANSPRESSION; U/PB DATING; VARISCAN FRENCH MASSIF CENTRAL;

GRANITE; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

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

EID: 70350281538     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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