First evidence for Lower Cretaceous HP/HT-metamorphism in the Eastern Rhodope, North Aegean region, North-East Greece

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 659-664

  Wawrzenitz, Nicole ^a   Mposkos, Evripidis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Garnet clinopyroxenite; Geochronology; HP HT metamorphism; Rhodope Zone; Sm Nd

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICA; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; RUBIDIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS;

CLINOPYROXENES; GARNET PYROXENITE; HP/HT-METAMORPHISM; ISOTHERMAL DECOMPRESSION; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; ORTHOGNEISSES; RHODOPE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS; METAMORPHISM; PYROXENITE; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING;

GREECE, RHODOPE MASSIF;

EID: 0030829091     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/3/0659     Document Type: Review

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