Late- and post-Variscan evolution of the Ardennes in France and Belgium: Constraints from apatite fission-track data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 324, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-179

  Xu, Changhai ^a,b   Mansy, Jean Louis ^a   van den Haute, Peter ^c   Guillot, Francois ^a   Zhou, Zuyi ^b   Chen, Jun ^b   De Grave, Johan ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; COMPRESSION; FISSION TRACK DATING; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRANSTENSION;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE];

EID: 74949127639     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP324.13     Document Type: Article

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