The East Variscan Shear Zone: Geochronological constraints from the Capo Ferro area (NE Sardinia, Italy)

Lithos

Volumn 196-197, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-41

  Padovano, Matteo ^a   Dörr, Wolfgang ^b   Elter, Franco Marco ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

East Variscan Shear Zone; Geochronology; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATIZATION; PARTIAL MELTING; SHEAR ZONE; SILURIAN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CAPO FERRO; ITALY; SARDINIA; SASSARI;

EID: 84896534542     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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