Neoproterozoic magmatism and Carboniferous high-grade metamorphism in the Sredna Gora Zone, Bulgaria: An extension of the Gondwana-derived Avalonian-Cadomian belt?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 404-416

  Carrigan, Charles W ^a   Mukasa, Samuel B ^a   Haydoutov, Ivan ^b   Kolcheva, Kristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Avalonian Cadomian; HR SIMS; U Pb geochronology; Variscan Orogeny; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; AVALONIA; BALTICA; CADOMIAN OROGENY; CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; LEUCOSOME; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SREDNA GORA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744940807     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.01.026     Document Type: Article

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