Geochemistry, single zircon ages and Sm-Nd systematics of granitoid rocks from the Gory Sowie (Owl Mts), Polish West Sudetes: evidence for early Palaeozoic arc-related plutonism

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 711-724

  Kröner, Alfred ^a   Hegner, Ernst ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; PALAEOZOIC; PLUTONISM;

POLAND;

EID: 0031686050     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.4.0711     Document Type: Article

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