From Permo-Triassic lithospheric thinning to Jurassic rifting at the Adriatic margin: Petrological and geochronological record in Valtournenche (Western Italian Alps)

Lithos

Volumn 146-147, Issue , 2012, Pages 276-292

  Manzotti, Paola ^a   Rubatto, Daniela ^b   Darling, James ^c   Zucali, Michele ^d,e   Cenki Tok, Bénédicte ^f   Engi, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Dent Blanche tectonic system; Extensional regime; Permo Jurassic evolution; Trace elements; U Th Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; JURASSIC; LOW PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84862978775     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.05.007     Document Type: Review

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