A tentative pre-Variscan geodynamic model for the Palaeozoic basement of the Peloritani mountains (Sicily): Evidence from meta-igneous products

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 255-267

  Atzori, Piero ^a   Cirrincione, Rosolino ^b   Mazzoleni, Paolo ^a   Pezzino, Antonio ^a   Trombetta, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Palaeozoic basement; Paleo geography; Peloritani Mountains; Pre Variscan magmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642336969     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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