Paired uraninite and molybdenite dating of the Königshain granite: Implications for the onset of late-Variscan magmatism in the Lausitz Block

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-67

  Förster, Hans Jürgen ^a   Rhede, Dieter ^a   Stein, Holly J ^b,c   Romer, Rolf L ^a   Tischendorf, Gerhard ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NONE

Author keywords

K nigshain; Lausitz; Molybdenite; Re Os; Saxo Thuringia; U Th total Pb; Uraninite; Variscan

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITION; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; MOLYBDENITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; URANINITE; VISEAN;

GERMANY; KONIGSHAIN; LUSATIA; SAXONY;

EID: 84855333502     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0631-1     Document Type: Article

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