Metamorphosed Precambrian mafic rocks from the South Carpathians: Island arc remnants? A geochemical characterization of amphibolites from the Fǎgǎras Mountains, Romania

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 419-437

  Drǎguşanu, Cristian ^a   Tanaka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Iwamori, Hikaru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibolite; Assimilation; Basaltic magma; Geochemistry; Island arc environment; Romania; South Carpathians; Trace element partitioning

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; PRECAMBRIAN;

ROMANIA, CARPATHIANS, FAGARAS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031448513     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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