Thermal maturation and exhumation of a middle orogenic crust in the Livradois area (French Massif central)

Upper Carboniferous heating and melting of the middle orogenic crust associated with the emplacement of syntectonic granitoids are documented in the Upper Gneissic Unit of the Livradois area (central part of the French Massif Central). Crustal melting post-dates peak metamorphism conditions (800-625...

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Main Authors: Gardien, V., Vanderhaeghe, O., Arnaud, N., Cocherie, A., Grange, Marion, Lecuyer, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41005