A U-Pb study of zircons from a lower crustal granulite xenolith of the Spanish central system: A record of Iberian lithospheric evolution from the Neoproterozoic to the Triassic

Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-483

  Fernández Suárez, Javier ^a   Arenas, Ricardo ^a   Jeffries, Teresa E ^a,b   Whitehouse, Martin J ^a,c   Villaseca, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE; OROGENIC BELT; RIFTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33746404620     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504180     Document Type: Article

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