Variscan orogeny in Corsica: New structural and geochronological insights, and its place in the Variscan geodynamic framework

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1533-1551

  Faure, Michel ^a   Rossi, Philippe ^b,c   Gaché, Julien ^a   Melleton, Jérémie ^a,b   Frei, Dirk ^d   Li, Xianhua ^e   Lin, Wei ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c U Mercatu ^*  (France)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Armorica; Corsica; Crustal melting; Microcontinent collision; Mid German Crystalline Rise; Synmetamorphic deformation; U Th Pb chemical dating; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BATHOLITH; CARBONIFEROUS; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LITHOLOGY; PERMIAN; PLUTON; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CORSE; FRANCE;

EID: 84906324670     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-014-1031-8     Document Type: Article

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