U-Pb and 39Ar/ 40Ar data constraining the ages of the source, emplacement and recrystallization/cooling events from late- to post-D 3 Variscan granites of the Gouveia area, central Portugal

Lithos

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-83

  Neiva, A M R ^a   Williams, I S ^b   Lima, S M ^a   Teixeira, R J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emplacement ages; Inheritance; Muscovite; Recrystallization cooling ages; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CAMBRIAN; COOLING; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MUSCOVITE; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CENTRAL IBERIAN ZONE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84868205661     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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