Evolution of the Corsica-Sardinia Batholith and late-orogenic shearing of the Variscides

Tectonophysics

Volumn 646, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-78

  Casini, L ^a   Cuccuru, S ^a   Puccini, A ^a   Oggiano, G ^a   Rossi, Ph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Crustal melting; Isotopes; Numerical modeling; U Pb zircon age; Variscan shear zones

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; LARGE DATASET; LEAD ALLOYS; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHEARING; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

AVERAGE STRAIN RATE; BOUNDARY AND INITIAL CONDITIONS; GEODYNAMIC SETTING; HEAT-PRODUCING ELEMENTS; MELTING OF THE CRUSTS; SHEAR ZONE; UPB ZIRCON AGE (SHRIMP); UPPERMOST MANTLE;

STRAIN RATE;

BATHOLITH; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84924294038     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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