Nature and composition of the lower continental crust in Central Spain and the granulite-granite linkage: Inferences from granulitic xenoliths

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1465-1496

  Villaseca, C ^a   Downes, H ^b   Pin, C ^c   Barbero, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Felsic lower continental crust; Granulite xenoliths; Hercynian Iberian Belt; Sr Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRANULITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; OROGENIC BELT; PARAGENESIS; XENOLITH;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032710228     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.10.1465     Document Type: Article

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