Time resolved construction of a bimodal laccolith (Torres del Paine, Patagonia)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 325-326, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-92

  Leuthold, Julien ^b   Müntener, Othmar ^b   Baumgartner, Lukas P ^b   Putlitz, Benita ^b   Ovtcharova, Maria ^a   Schaltegger, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Laccolith growth; Patagonian Andes; Sill accretion; U Pb zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

FEEDING SYSTEM; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAFIC SILLS; PATAGONIA; PATAGONIAN ANDES; SHEET-LIKE; SILL ACCRETION; TIME-RESOLVED; U-PB DATING; U-PB ZIRCON; UNDERPLATING;

LEAD; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SILICATE MINERALS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ACCRETION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACCOLITH; PLUTON; SILL; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANDES; CHILE; MAGALLANES; PATAGONIA; TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84857315838     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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