Distribution of Variscan I- and S-type granites in the Eastern Alps: A possible clue to unravel pre-Alpine basement structures

Tectonophysics

Volumn 272, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 315-333

  Schermaier, A ^a   Haunschmid, B ^a   Finger, F ^a  

^a Institut fur Mineralogie der Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basement geology; Eastern Alps; Geochemistry; Granite; Variscan granitoids

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; I TYPE ROCK; S TYPE ROCK; TERRANE; VARISCAN;

AUSTRIA, ALPS;

EID: 0030846902     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00265-X     Document Type: Article

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