Variscan basic dykes in the Pelagonian (Northern Greece and south FYROM): Geodynamic significance based on petrological, geochemical and geochronological studies

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-103

  Katerinopoulos, Athanassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dolerite; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Petrology; Variscan; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DIABASE; DIKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITOID; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; MANTLE; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; PETROLOGY; SHRIMP DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41449094334     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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