Lu-Hf dating, petrography, and tectonic implications of the youngest Alpine eclogites (Tauern Window, Austria)

Lithos

Volumn 170-171, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-190

  Nagel, T J ^a   Herwartz, D ^b   Rexroth, S ^a   Munker C ^c   Froitzheim, N ^a   Kurz, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alps; Eclogite; Garnet; Lu Hf dating; Tauern Window

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; ECLOGITE; EXHUMATION; GARNET; HAFNIUM; HIGH PRESSURE; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHISM; OLIGOCENE; PETROGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS; TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 84876317068     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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