Origin and timing of the post-Variscan gabbro-granite complex of Porto (Western Corsica)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 493-517

  Renna, Maria Rosaria ^a   Tribuzio, Riccardo ^a,b   Tiepolo, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bimodal magmatic association; Laser ablation ICP MS; Mineral trace element compositions; Sardinia Corsica batholith; U Pbzircon geochronology; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 34648814102     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-007-0205-9     Document Type: Article

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