Age and origin of granitic rocks of the eastern Vardar Zone, Greece: New constraints on the evolution of the Internal Hellenides

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 857-870

  Anders, B ^a,b   Reischmann, T ^a,b   Poller, U ^b   Kostopoulos, D ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Greece; Late Jurassic; Monazite; Vardar Zone

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANITE; JURASSIC; SUTURE ZONE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIDES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24644489788     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-077     Document Type: Review

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