Identification of repeated Alpine (ultra) high-pressure metamorphic events by U-Pb SHRIMP geochronology and REE geochemistry of zircon: The Rhodope zone of Northern Greece

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 608-630

  Liati, Anthi ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHRIMP DATING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; RHODOPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 28344450160     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-005-0038-3     Document Type: Article

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