Three generations of monazite in Austroalpine basement rocks to the south of the Tauern Window: Evidence for Variscan, Permian and Eo-Alpine metamorphic events

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-360

  Krenn, Erwin ^a   Schulz, Bernhard ^b   Finger, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austroalpine basement; Dating; Eastern Alps; Garnet; Geothermobarometry; Monazite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASEMENT ROCK; BIOTITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GARNET; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MICA; MONAZITE; PERMIAN; PLAGIOCLASE; SCHIST;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 84871149777     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-012-0104-6     Document Type: Article

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