A step towards unraveling the paleogeographic attribution of pre-Mesozoic basement complexes in the Western Alps based on U–Pb geochronology of Permian magmatism

Abstract The Briançonnais Domain (Western Alps) represented the thinned continental margin facing the Piemonte-Liguria Ocean, later shortened during the Alpine orogeny. In the external part of the External Briançonnais Domain (Zone Houillère), the Palaeozoic basement displays microdioritic intrusion...

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Main Authors: Michel Ballèvre, Audrey Camonin, Paola Manzotti, Marc Poujol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Geosciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-020-00367-1