Gondwana-derived terranes in the northern Hellenides

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 200, Issue , 2007, Pages 379-390

  Himmerkus, F ^a,b   Ander, B ^a,b   Reischmann, T ^b   Kostopoulos, D ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Gondwana derived terranes; Greece; Internal hellenides

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYSTALLINE ZONES; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; GONDWANA-DERIVED TERRANES; GREECE; INTERNAL HELLENIDES; SR ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY;

VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION; TERRANE;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CHALKIDIKI PENINSULA; GREECE; HELLENIDES; PINDUS MOUNTAINS;

EID: 44649158779     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.1200(19)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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