Petrology and evolution of the Hercynian Pieria Granitoid Complex (Thessaly, Greece): Paleogeographic and geodynamic implications

Lithos

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 137-152

  Kotopouli, Constantina N ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Piper, David J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Granite; Greece; Hercynian; Mafic rocks; Paleogeography

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; PALEOGENE; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

GREECE;

EID: 0034096518     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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