Dating the longevity of ductile shear zones: Insight from 40Ar/39Ar in situ analyses

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-58

  Schneider, Susanne ^a   Hammerschmidt, Konrad ^a   Rosenberg, Claudio L ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ar Ar in situ analyses; Deformation dating; Duration and termination of ductile shear; Pre , syn and post kinematic mineral growth

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERRORS; DUCTILE SHEAR; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MINERAL FORMATION; MINERAL GROWTH; TEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS;

DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; MICA; MINERALS;

KINEMATICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALIZATION; MUSCOVITE; PHENGITE; SHEAR ZONE;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; TAUERN WINDOW;

EID: 84878321215     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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