Thermal history of triassic sandstones from the vosges mountains-rhine graben rifting area, NE France, based on K-Ar illite dating

Clay Minerals

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-379

  Clauer, N ^a   Liewig, N ^b   Ledesert, B ^c   Zwingmann, H ^d  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid rock interaction; Illite; K Ar dating; Rhine Graben; SEM; TEM; Triassic sandstones; Vosges Mountains; XRD

Indexed keywords

FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; K-AR DATING; RHINE GRABEN; SEM; TEM; TRIASSIC; XRD;

ARGON; BUILDINGS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; MINERALS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY MINERALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRABEN; ILLITE; LITHOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIASSIC;

FRANCE; RHINE GRABEN; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 77249138406     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: 14718030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/claymin.2008.043.3.03     Document Type: Article

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