A reinterpretation of the Nevado-Filábride and Alpujárride Complexes (Betic Cordillera): Field, petrography and U-Pb ages from orthogneisses (western Sierra Nevada, S Spain)

Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-322

  Gómez Pugnaire, M Teresa ^a   Galindo Zaldivar J ^a   Rubatto, D ^b   Gonzalez Lodeiro F ^a   Lopez Sanchez Vizcaino V ^c   Jabaloy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Complexes; Hercynian magmatism; High pressure metamorphism; SHRIMP U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; NORMAL FAULT; ORTHOGNEISS; PETROGRAPHY; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33645766785     PISSN: 00367699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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