Variscan granites of the Pyrenees revisited: Their role as syntectonic markers of the orogen

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-41

  Gleizes, G ^a   Leblanc, D ^a   Bouchez, J L ^a  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; KINEMATIC INDICATOR; SHEAR ZONE; VARISCAN OROGENY;

FRANCE, PYRENEES; SPAIN, PYRENEES;

EID: 0030795217     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1997.d01-9.x     Document Type: Review

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