Timing of Palaeozoic magmatism in the Maggia and Sambuco nappes and paleogeographic implications (Central Lepontine Alps)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Bussien, Denise ^a,b   Bussy, François ^a   Magna, Tomas ^a,c,d   Masson, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Granite; LA ICPMS U Pb dating; Penninic; Swiss Alps; Variscan; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GONDWANA; GRANITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; NAPPE; OROGENY; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; LEPONTINE ALPS;

EID: 79851515828     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-010-0049-6     Document Type: Article

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