The Carboniferous to Jurassic evolution of the pre-Alpine basement of Crete: Constraints from U-Pb and U-(Th)-Pb dating of orthogneiss, fission-track dating of zircon, structural and petrological data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 260, Issue , 2006, Pages 69-90

  Romano, S S ^a   Brix, M R ^b   Dorr W ^a   Fiala, J ^c   Krenn, E ^d   Zulauf, G ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FISSION TRACK DATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; JURASSIC; METAMORPHISM; ORTHOGNEISS; PETROLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; HELLENIDES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748518429     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.260.01.05     Document Type: Article

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