Carboniferous high-pressure metamorphism of Ordovician protoliths in the Argentera Massif (Italy), Southern European Variscan belt

Lithos

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 65-76

  Rubatto, Daniela ^a   Ferrando, Simona ^b   Compagnoni, Roberto ^b   Lombardo, Bruno ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

HP granulites; U Pb geochronology; Variscan belt; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; CARBONIFEROUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRANULITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LITHOLOGY; MYLONITIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTERA MASSIF; BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 77949306421     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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