U-Pb zircon geochronological and petrographic constraints on late to post-collisional Variscan magmatism and metamorphism in the Ligurian Alps, Italy

Geological Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 632-652

  Maino, Matteo ^a   Dallagiovanna, Giorgio ^a   Gaggero, Laura ^b   Seno, Silvio ^a   Tiepolo, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carboniferous Permian magmatism; HT metamorphism; Late post Variscan tectonics; Ligurian Alps; U Pb zircon

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PERMIAN; PETROGRAPHY; PROTOLITH; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALPS; ITALY; LIGURIAN ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 84868530494     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.2421     Document Type: Article

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