Alpine metamorphism and granitoid magmatism in the Strandja Zone: New data from the Sakat unit, SE Bulgaria

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-183

  Gerdjikov, Ianko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Alpine tectonics; Sakar unit; Strandja zone; Structural geology; Syntectonic granitoids

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM;

BULGARIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25144494217     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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