Protolith ages of meta-igneous and metatuffaceous rocks from the Cycladic blueschist unit, Greece: Results of a reconnaissance U-Pb zircon study

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-98

  Bröcker, Michael ^a   Pidgeon, Robert T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUESCHIST; CRYSTALLIZATION; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PROTOLITH;

AEGEAN SEA; CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846458696     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509269     Document Type: Article

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