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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
The metal abundances of young stellar groups in the solar vicinity are obtained from the photometric [Fe/H] ratios observed for the red giant group members. The definition of the groups has been rediscussed with the help of a sample of B5-A0 stars whose physical properties are derived by Cramer (1979). The young G3-K5 giants have been selected according to their spatial velocities and their age derived from the Geneva colours (Grenon 1978). They show the kinematics of A stars (Eggen 1963). The star concentrations coincide in both (U,V) planes (red giants and B & A stars) in the zones listed below with the value of the mean [Fe/H] and galactocentric distance, .