Provenance and magmatic-metamorphic evolution of a variscan island-arc complex: Constraints from U-Pb dating, petrology, and geospeedometry of the Kyffhäuser Crystalline Complex, Central Germany

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1393-1420

  Zeh, Armin ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^b   Will, Thomas M ^a   Millar, Ian L ^c  

^a Mineralogisches Institut   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Mineral/Abt Kristal   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Garnet; Hornblende; Mid German Crystalline Rise; P T pseudosection; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CONTACT METAMORPHISM; GARNET; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HORNBLENDE; ISLAND ARC; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 21444451480     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi020     Document Type: Article

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