Variscan granitoids of central Europe: Their typology, potential sources and tectonothermal relations

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 67-96

  Finger, F ^a   Roberts, M P ^a   Haunschmid, B ^a   Schermaier, A ^a   Steyrer, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; I-TYPE ROCK; MAGMATISM; PLUTON; TONALITE; TYPOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 0001874441     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01172478     Document Type: Article

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