Unusual bulk-rock compositions in eclogite-facies rocks from Syros and Tinos (Cyclades, Greece): Implications for U-Pb zircon geochronology

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 581-603

  Bröcker, Michael ^a   Enders, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclades; Eclogites; Jadeitites; Metasomatism; Rare earth elements; Syros; Tinos; Trace elemen enrichment

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; JADEITE; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CYCLADES; GREECE; SYROS; TINOS;

EID: 0342526635     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00369-7     Document Type: Article

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