U-Pb detrital zircon ages in synorogenic deposits of the NW Iberian Massif (Variscan belt): Interplay of Devonian-Carboniferous sedimentation and thrust tectonics

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 687-698

  Martínez Catalán, José R ^a   Fernández Suárez, Javier ^b   Meireles, Carlos ^c   González Clavijo, Emilio ^d   Belousova, Elena ^e   Saeed, Ayesha ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; FLYSCH; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44349108449     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-066     Document Type: Article

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