U-Pb evidence for a polyorogenic evolution of the HP-HT units of the NW Iberian Massif

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 236-253

  Fernández Suárez, Javier ^a   Corfu, Fernando ^b   Arenas, Ricardo ^a   Marcos, Alberto ^c   Martínez Catalán, José R ^d   Díaz García, Florentino ^c   Abati, Jacobo ^a   Fernández, Francisco J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEVONIAN; EXHUMATION; GONDWANA; METAMORPHIC ROCK; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE BOUNDARY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

(NORTHWEST); IBERIAN MASSIF; SPAIN;

EID: 0036589908     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-001-0337-2     Document Type: Article

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