Reconstruction of the differentiated long-term exhumation history of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, through fission-track and (U-Th-Sm)/He data

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 675-686

  Wipf, Martin ^a   Glasmacher, Ulrich Anton ^a   Stockli, Daniel Fritz ^b   Emmerich, Axel ^c,e   Bechstädt, Thilo ^a   Baur, Heinrich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

(U Th Sm) He; Basal Complex; Exhumation history; Fission track; Fuerteventura

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CANARY ISLANDS; FUERTEVENTURA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

EID: 77952423056     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-008-0415-z     Document Type: Article

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