Tourmaline 40Ar39Ar chronology of tourmaline-rich rocks from Central Iberia dates the main Variscan deformation phases

Geologica Acta

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-412

  Bea, F ^a   Pesquera, A ^b   Montero, P ^a   Torres Ruiz, J ^a   Gil Crespo, P P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Boron; Deformation; Iberia; Metasomatism; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BORON; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METASOMATISM; TOURMALINE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 77953951449     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/104.000001446     Document Type: Article

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