Petrology and geochemistry of the Late Jurassic calc-alkaline series associated to Middle Jurassic ophiolites in the South Apuseni Mountains (Romania)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-96

  Nicolae, Ionel ^a   Saccani, Emilio ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEODYNAMICS   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apuseni Mountains; Calc alkaline magmatism; Petrology; Romania

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ROMANIA; SOUTH APUSENI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0042284984     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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