Early Ordovician orogenic event in Galicia (NW Spain): Evidence from U-Pb ages in the uppermost unit of the Ordenes Complex

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-228

  Abati, J ^a   Dunning, G R ^b   Arenas, R ^a   Diaz Garcia F ^c   Gonzalez Cuadra P ^d   Martinez Catalan J R ^d   Andonaegui, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galicia Spain; Geochronology; Hercynian orogeny; Ordovician; Thermal metamorphism; U Pb

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033616339     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00268-4     Document Type: Article

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