Late Visean hidden basins in the internal zones of the Variscan Belt: U-Pb zircon evidence from the French Massif Central

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 627-630

  Bruguier, O ^a   Becq Giraudon, J F ^b   Bosch, D ^a   Lancelot, J R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; FIRECLAY; LEAD ALLOYS; PILES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

INTERNAL ZONES; RHYOLITIC LAVAS; SEDIMENTARY INFILL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SYNCONVERGENT EXTENSION; U-PB ZIRCON AGES; VARISCAN BELT; VARISCAN MASSIFS;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

CARBONIFEROUS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VISEAN; FAULT ZONE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; STEPHANIAN; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL;

EID: 84874995035     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0627:LVHBIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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